Richard James Bleiler (born 1959) is an American bibliographer of science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime, and adventure fiction.
[1] He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 2002 and for the Munsey Award in 2019–2022.
He won the 2023 Munsey Award, given to “an individual or organization that has bettered the pulp community.”[2] He is the son of bibliographer and publisher Everett F. Bleiler.
Bleiler was appointed reference librarian and selector for the humanities at the University of Connecticut's Homer Babbidge Library in 1994.
[3] As of 2024 he serves as the Collections and Humanities Librarian.