Locus is reporting the death of Harry C. Crosby, Jr., on 30 November 2009. Born 11 March 1925, in Norwich, Connecticut, he was better known by his pseudonym, Christopher Anvil.
Crosby’s first published story, “Cinderella, Inc.”, appeared in the December 1952 issue of Imagination. He adopted his pseudonym within a few years, and over his career, published more than 100 stories and several novels and collections. Much of his shorter work appeared in Astounding/Analog, and he is probably best known for his “Federation of Humanity” stories (which he also called his “Colonization Series”). Baen Books has recently been collecting his shorter works into books edited by Eric Flint. Most recently, Prescription for Chaos (or Rx for Chaos) appeared earlier this year. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database has a significant bibliography of Anvil’s work on this page.
Crosby is survived by his wife, two children, and five grandchildren.