Fritz Leiber, Jr.

Fritz Leiber, Jr. was an American novelist and short story writer born in Chicago, Illinois on December 24th, 1890. He wrote the 1943 supernatural thriller novel Conjure Wife, which has been adapted into film several times, beginning with the 1944 Reginald Le Borg feature Weird Woman. It was also adapted as Burn, Witch, Burn! in 1962 and Witches' Brew in 1980. Leiber also wrote the short story "The Dead Man", which was adapted into "The Dead Man" vignette in Rod Serling's Night Gallery. He also wrote The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, which was adapted both as an episode of Night Gallery as well as a feature film in 1995, directed by Jon Jacobs.