Leslie Perri (April 27, 1920 – January 31, 1970) was the pen name of Doris Marie Claire "Doë" Baumgardt, an American science fiction fan, writer, and illustrator.
[2] Baumgardt was married to two fellow science fiction writers and Futurians, first to Frederik Pohl (1940–42), later to Richard Wilson (1951–65).
[2][3] Baumgardt was one of five members of the Futurians allowed into the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939 by Sam Moskowitz (the other four were Isaac Asimov, Richard Wilson, David Kyle, and Jack Robinson).
[1] Through her Futurian connections, she also edited minor romance fiction magazines such as Movie Love Stories.
He left Reuters and went on to Syracuse University, where he founded a science fiction works collection said to be one of the most important in the world.