17 Facts About Marvin Kaye

Marvin Nathan Kaye was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author, anthologist, and editor.

Marvin Kaye was born in Philadelphia, the son of Morris and Theresa Marvin Kaye.

Marvin Kaye received a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts at Penn State in 1960, as well as a Master of Arts in English literature and theater in 1962.

Marvin Kaye served as a reporter for Grit Publishing Company from 1963 to 1965, an assistant managing editor for Business Travel Magazine in 1965 and a senior editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1966 to 1970.

Marvin Kaye was a lecturer at The New School for Social Research in New York City in 1975, taught at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing for many years beginning in 1976, and taught as an adjunct professor at Mercy College from 2001 to 2006.

Marvin Kaye was a noted magician and mentalist, often performing under the stage name Count Emkay the Miraculous.

Marvin Kaye was an improvisational comedian, appearing periodically at Standup New York.

In 1975, Marvin Kaye co-founded The Open Book, New York City's first and longest lived readers theatre company, along with his wife, Saralee, and other noted theatre professionals.

Marvin Kaye wrote two books about readers theatre: Readers Theatre: What It Is, How to Stage It, published in 1995 by Wildside Press; and From Page to Stage: Selecting and Adapting Literature for Readers Theatre, published 1996 by Fireside Theatre.

Marvin Kaye edited Frantic Comedy: 8 Plays of Knockabout Fun, published 1993 by Fireside Theatre.

Marvin Kaye authored nineteen novels including the science fiction cult classics, The Incredible Umbrella and The Masters of Solitude, and the critically-acclaimed mysteries Bullets for Macbeth and My Son, the Druggist.

Marvin Kaye wrote an essay titled "A Thoroughly NONRACIST Novel" defending his decision to publish the excerpt.

Marvin Kaye was a member of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild of America, the Actors' Equity Association, The Broadway League, and The Sons of the Desert.

Marvin Kaye was an honorary member of the Mark Twain Society.

Marvin Kaye married Saralee Bransdorf on August 4,1963, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; they had one child, Terry Ellen Marvin Kaye.

Saralee Marvin Kaye died July 12,2006, of complications from endometrial cancer in New York City.

Marvin Kaye died of natural causes on May 13,2021, in New York.