Judy-Lynn del Rey

Judy-Lynn del Rey née Benjamin (January 26, 1943 – February 20, 1986) was a science fiction editor.

[2] Judy-Lynn was a friend of Lester del Rey, marrying him in March 1971, after the death of his third wife.

Philip K. Dick called her a "master craftsman" and "the best editor I've ever worked with", and Isaac Asimov described her as "incredibly intelligent, quick-witted, hard-driving" and "generally recognised (especially by me) as one of the top editors in the business".

[5] She was also instrumental in obtaining the rights to publish novels based on George Lucas's then-unreleased movie Star Wars, which would earn Ballantine/Del Rey several million dollars.

On October 1, 2024, PBS premiered a documentary about her, Judy-Lynn del Rey: The Galaxy Gal.