Jim Turner


USA flag (1945 - 1999)

Jim Turner was a United States editor and publisher. Turner was editor for Arkham House after the death of August Derleth. After leaving Arkham House, he founded Golden Gryphon Press.

James Allen Turner was born on March 19, 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Collinsville High School in 1963. He received a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and began graduate school but became the editor at Arkham House in 1973 before he received his degree. In 1996 he left Arkham House over creative differences with Arkham co-owner April Derleth. He immediately started his own company, Golden Gryphon Press, and continued to publish the same types of books as he had done at Arkham House.
 
 
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Anthologies edited
   The Unlikely Ghosts (1965)
   Cthulhu 2000 (1995)
   Eternal Lovecraft (1998)
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Anthologies containing stories by Jim Turner
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The 19th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1983)
(Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, book 19)
edited by
R Chetwynd-Hayes
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The 14th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1978)
(Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, book 14)
edited by
R Chetwynd-Hayes
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The Eighth Ghost Book (1972)
(Ghost Book, book 8)
edited by
Rosemary Timperley

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