Inga Marie Stephens Pratt Clark (?-1970) was an American artist.
In 1926, she married Fletcher Pratt, a prolific author.[1] She illustrated several of Pratt's books,including Tales from Gavagan's Bar, Empire and the Sea, The Empire and the Glory, and A Man and His Meals. She also collaborated with him on at least two stories, and served as his literary executor. [2]
The Pratts purchased a sprawling home in Highlands, New Jersey, with over thirty rooms, nicknaming it the Ipsy-Wipsy Institute. It became a gathering place for their literary friends, including many science fiction writers, during the 1950s. [3] [4] [5] [6]
After Pratt's death, she married the chemist and author John D. Clark in 1962. [7] He dedicated his book Ignition! to her, writing: "This book is dedicated to my wife Inga, who heckled me into writing it with such wifely remarks as, 'You talk a hell of a fine history. Now set yourself down in front of the typewriter — and write the damned thing!'" [8]
Stories
edit- The Pineal Stimulator, Amazing Stories, November 1930, as I. M. Stephens, with Fletcher Pratt
- A Voice Across the Years Amazing Stories Quarterly, Winter 1932, as I. M. Stephens, with Fletcher Pratt
References
edit- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=5VyAhcR2LrUC&pg=PR4 Preface by David Madden to A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by Fire by Fletcher Pratt
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ZoNDebTvUnsC&pg=PA409#v=onepage&q&f=false Eric Leif Davin, Partners in wonder: women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965, p. 409
- ^ http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/01/fletcher-pratt-part-2-the-place-where-things-happened/ Frederik Pohl, "Fletcher Pratt, Part 2: The Place Where Things Happened," posted 5 Jan 2011
- ^ http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2011/02/fletcher-pratt-part-3/ Frederik Pohl, "Fletcher Pratt, Part 3: The Lord of the Ipsy-Wipsies," posted 2 Feb 2011
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ZoNDebTvUnsC&pg=PA409#v=onepage&q&f=false Eric Leif Davin, Partners in wonder: women and the birth of science fiction, 1926-1965, p. 109
- ^ Frederik Pohl, The Way the Future Was, Ballantine Books, 1978, p. 193.
- ^ Contemporary Authors First Revision, edited by Frances C. Locher and Ann Evory, entry on John Drury Clark, p. 91
- ^ Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants. Rutgers University Press. 1972. pp. vii. ISBN 0813507251.