12 Facts About Philip Wylie

Philip Gordon Wylie was an American writer of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust.

Philip Wylie sold the rights for two others that were never produced.

Philip Wylie applied engineering principles and the scientific method quite broadly in his work.

Philip Wylie's book of essays, Generation of Vipers, was a best-seller during the 1940s and inspired the term "Momism".

Philip Wylie wrote 69 "Crunch and Des" stories, most of which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, about the adventures of Captain Crunch Adams, master of the charter boat Poseidon, which was the basis of a brief television series.

In 1941, Philip Wylie became vice-president of the International Game Fish Association, and for many years was responsible for writing IGFA rules and reviewing world record claims.

Philip Wylie was active in writing detective and mystery novelettes for a variety of magazines.

Philip Wylie wrote a near-simultaneous novelization of the story as Los Angeles: AD 2017.

Wylie, and now the Philip Wylie estate, is represented by Harold Ober Associates.

Philip Wylie married Sally Ondek, and had one child, Karen Pryor.

Philip Wylie's daughter, Karen Pryor, was an author who became the inventor of animal "clicker" training.

The Big Ones Get Away, Salt Water Daffy, Fish and Tin Fish and Selected Short Stories of Philip Wylie were published as Armed Services Editions during WWII, as were Night Unto Night and When Worlds Collide.