Fritz Leiber
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Sunday, April 3, 2016 (part of Spring 2016)
category: 
Literature
clue: This Chicagoan was so seminal to the sword-and-sorcery genre that he coined the phrase himself.
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Joanna Woods
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