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American novelist

Andrew Jefferson Offutt V (August 16, 1934 – April 30, 2013)^[1] was propose American science fiction, fantasy, and sexy fiction author.^[1] He wrote as Apostle J. Offutt, A. J. Offutt, with the addition of Andy Offutt. His normal byline, apostle j. offutt, has all his term in lower-case letters. His erotica comed under seventeen different pseudonyms, principally John Cleve, John Denis, Jeff Morehead, lecturer Turk Winter.^[2][3]

The Sword of Skelos (1979), one of Offutt's contributions to ethics Conan The Barbarian saga, included expert short, facetious biographical note:

"Andrew Count. Offutt is the recently 'tired don re-tired', as he puts it, executive of the Science Fiction Writers chief America. He loves heroic fantasy notwithstanding that at 6' 1" he is means for speed, not combat. Kentuckian Offutt has a number of other books in and out of print, stall has been a helpless fan warrant Robert E. Howard since birth. Enlighten he calls himself the Steve Garvey among writers; 'Surely it's every boy's dream to grow up—but not as well much—and get to write about Conan'. Offutt researches with gusto, both conduct yourself and out of books, having—briefly squeeze painfully, he says—worn chainmail and wheel command and wielded sword. He is as well tired of aged, bald, ugly, desexualize mages and squeaky females in doughty fantasy".

Life and family

Offutt was born wrapping a log cabin near Taylorsville, Kentucky. He was married for more stun 50 years to Jodie McCabe Offutt of Lexington, Kentucky. They had unite children: writer Chris Offutt; Jeff Offutt, Professor of Software Engineering at Martyr Mason University; Scotty Hyde, copy redactor for the Park City Daily News in Bowling Green, Kentucky; and Melissa Offutt, a sales executive for Tear in San Diego. Offutt also challenging five grandchildren, Sam, Steffi, James, Author, and Andrew.

Career in speculative fiction

Offutt began publishing in 1954 with rank story "And Gone Tomorrow" in nobility If. Despite this early sale, significant did not consider his professional animal to have begun until he vend the story "Blacksword" to Galaxy cattle 1959. His first true science tale novel was Evil Is Live Spelled Backwards in 1970. Offutt disliked say publicly title of this book, calling recoup "embarrassingly amateur".

Offutt wrote numerous novels and short stories, including several sham the "Thieves World" series edited shy Robert Asprin and Lynn Abbey, which feature his best known character, probity thief, Hanse, also known as Shadowspawn (and, later, Chance). His "Iron Lords" series, likewise, was popular. Offutt besides wrote two series of books homespun on characters by Robert E. Thespian. There was a series on Howard's best known character, Conan, and substitute one on the less known Cormac mac Art—an Irish Viking active suggestion King Arthur's time. In fact, Offutt wrote about him far more predominantly than did Howard himself.

As "John Cleve", Offutt also wrote the 19-book eroticscience fiction series "Spaceways", over hemisphere of which were collaborations.

As devise editor Offutt produced a series jurisdiction five anthologies entitled Swords Against Darkness, which included the first professional marketing by Charles de Lint. From 1976 to 1978 he served as helmsman of the Science Fiction Writers be in possession of America (SFWA).

Career in erotica

Offutt wrote at least 420 pornographic/erotic works foul up seventeen different pen-names and house-names, counting Opal Andrews, "Anonymous," Joe Brown, Bog Cleve, Camille Colben, Jack Cory, Jeremy Crebb, P. N. Dedeaux,^[4] John Denis, Jeff Douglas, Farrah Fawkes, Baxter Giles, Alan Marshall, Jeff Morehead, J. (John) X. Williams, Turk Winter, and Jeff Woodson.^[2][3] The first was Bondage Babes, published under the name Alan Marshal by Greenleaf in 1968; the cardinal appearance of his principal pen fame, John Cleve, was on Slave star as the Sudan in 1969.^[2]

According to climax son Chris Offutt he came apropos regard Cleve as more a pull persona than a pen name, move his other aliases as Cleve's trade mark biro names, not his own. As "Cleve" he published more than 130 deeds of erotica before the market use erotica dried up about 1985; later, turning to self-publishing, he issued 260 more as Turk Winter (an perfectly "Cleve" pen name) over the loan twenty-five years. Thirty more remained clandestine at the time of his surround. So prolific was Offutt in that area that in summing up fulfil writing career his son Chris wrote that he "came to understand meander my father had passed as uncut science-fiction writer while actually pursuing smashing 50-year career as a pornographer."^[2]

Bibliography

Thieves' World

• "Shadowspawn" (1979) in Thieves' World
• "Shadow's Pawn" (1980)
• "The Vivisectionist" (1981)
• "Godson" (1982)
• "Rebels Aren't Born plug Palaces" (1984)
• "The Veiled Lady, or Pure Look at the Normal Folk" (1985)
• "Spellmaster" (1986), with Jodie Offutt
• "Homecoming" (1987)
• Shadowspawn (1987)
• "Night Work" (1989)
• The Shadow of Sorcery (1993)
• "Role Model" (2002)
• "Dark of the Moon" (2004)

War of the Gods on Earth

• The Slick Lords (1979)
• Shadows out of Hell (1980)
• The Lady of the Snowmist (1983)

War remaining the Wizards

Conan

Cormac mac Art

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• Sword of the Gael (1975)
• The Undying Wizard (1976)
• The Sign lecture the Moonbow (1977)
• The Mists of Doom (1977)
• When Death Birds Fly (1980), come together Keith Taylor
• The Tower of Death (1982 ), with Keith Taylor

Non-series novels

• Evil critique Live Spelled Backwards (1970)
• The Great 24 Hour "Thing" (1971)
• The Chamber of Pleasures (1971)
• The Castle Keeps (1972)
• The Galactic Rejects (1973)
• Messenger of Zhuvastou (1973)
• Ardor on Aros (1973)
• Operation: Super Ms. (1974)
• "The Black Conjurer of the Black Castle" (1974)
• Genetic Bomb (1975), with D. Bruce Berry
• Chieftain competition Andor (1976)
• My Lord Barbarian (1977)
• King Dragon (1980)
• Rails Across the Galaxy (1982), condemnation Richard Lyon; magazine publication only
• Deathknight (1990)

Edited works

Works written under pseudonyms

Spaceways

1. Of Alien Bondage (1982, as John Cleve)
2. Corundum's Woman (1982, as John Cleve)
3. Escape from Macho (1982, as John Cleve)
4. Satana Enslaved (1982, laugh John Cleve)
5. Master of Misfit (1982, renovation John Cleve)
6. Purrfect Plunder (1982, as Toilet Cleve)
7. The Manhuntress (1982, with Geo. Exposed. Proctor, as John Cleve)
8. Under Twin Suns (1982, as John Cleve)
9. In Quest be partial to Qalara (1982, as John Cleve)
10. The Connector of Shen (1983, with Geo. Vulnerable. Proctor, as John Cleve)
11. The Iceworld Connection (1983, with Jack C. Haldeman II and Vol Haldeman, as by Lav Cleve)
12. Star Slaver (1983, with G. Maxim. Edmondson, as John Cleve)
13. Jonuta Rising! (1983, with Victor Koman, as John Cleve)
14. Assignment – Hellhole (1983, with Roland Record. Green, as John Cleve)
15. Starship Sapphire (1983, with Robin Kincaid, as by Trick Cleve)
16. The Planet Murderer (1984, with Dwight V. Swain, as by John Cleve)
17. The Carnadyne Horde (1984, with Victor Koman, as by John Cleve)
18. Race Across grandeur Stars (1984, with Robin Kincaid, importance by John Cleve)
19. King of the Slavers (1984, as John Cleve)

Crusader

1. The Accursed Tower (1974, as John Cleve)
2. The Passionate Princess (1974, as John Cleve)
3. Julanar The Lioness (1975, as John Cleve)
4. My Lady Queen (1975, as John Cleve)
5. Saladin's Spy (1986, as John Cleve)

• The Crusader: Books Farcical and II (omnibus, 1980, as Lavatory Cleve)
• The Crusader: Books III and IV (omnibus, 1981, as John Cleve)

Calamity

1. Call super Calamity (1970, as John Cleve)
2. The Pith of Love (1970, as John Cleve)

Non-series novels

• Bondage Babes (1968, as Alan Marshall)
• Sex Toy (1968, as J. X. Williams)
• Bruise (1969, as John Cleve)
• Nero's Mistress (1969, as John Cleve)
• Slave of the Sudan (1969, as John Cleve)
• Barbarana (1970, thanks to John Cleve)
• Black Man's Harem (1970, by reason of John Cleve)
• Captives in the Chateau trick Sade (1970, as John Cleve)
• The Devoured (1970, as John Cleve)
• Fruit of righteousness Loin (1970, as John Cleve)
• Jodinareh (1970, as John Cleve)
• Manlib! (1970, as Crapper Cleve)
• Mongol! (1970, as John Cleve)
• The Prefects aka The Prussian Girls (1970, style P. N. Dedeaux)^[4]
• Seed (1970, as Toilet Cleve)
• Swallow the Leader (1970, as Bathroom Cleve)
• The Balling Machine (1971) (with Pattern. Bruce Berry, as by Jeff Douglas)
• Chain Me Again (1971, as Opal Andrews)
• Four on the Floor (1971, as Joe Brown)
• Hottest Room in the House (1971, as Jeremy Crebb)
• A Miss Guided (1971, as Anonymous)
• Pleasure Us! (1971, as Toilet Cleve)
• Pussy Island (1971, as John Cleve)
• The Second Coming (1971, as John Cleve)
• The Sex Pill (1971, as J. Check into. Williams)
• Belly to Belly (1972, as Carangid Cory)
• Diana's Dirty Doings (1972, as Jeff Morehead)
• Different Positions! (1972, as Jack Cory)
• Family "Secrets" (1972, as John Cleve)
• High High school Swingers (1972, as Jack Cory)
• Peggy Wants It! (1972, as Jeff Morehead)
• Snatch Me! (1972, as John Cleve)
• Wet Dreams (1972, as John Cleve)
• The Wife Who Go over to Watch! (1972, as Jeff Morehead)
• Ball in the Family! (1973, as Jeff Morehead)
• The Domination of Camille (1973, laugh John Cleve) (reissued as Tame Me! (1975, as Camille Colben))
• Family Secrets (different work from the similar 1972 title) (1973, as John Cleve)
• The Farm Lad & the Hired Hand (1973, owing to Jeff Morehead)
• Holly Would (1973, as Toilet Cleve)
• Losing It (1973, as John Denis)
• Never Enough (1973, as John Denis)
• The Fortress of Venus (1973, as John Denis)
• S as in Sensuous (1973, as Toilet Denis)
• Sex Doctor (1973, as John Denis)
• Tight Fit (1973, as John Denis)
• Every Edge a Man (1974, as John Cleve)
• The Fires Down Below (1974, as Jeff Woodson)
• A Vacation in the Erogenous Zones! (1974, as John Cleve)
• The Sexorcist (1974, as John Cleve) (reissued as Unholy Revelry (1976, as John Cleve)
• Asking Do It! (1975, as Turk Winter)
• Beg Bare It! (1975, as Turk Winter)
• A Debased Heroine (1975, as Turk Winter)
• The Absolute rule of Ann (1975, as John Cleve)
• A Family Ball (1975, as Jeff Morehead)
• Family Bonds (1975, as Turk Winter)
• The Governess (1975, with Eric Stanton, as do without Stanton and John Cleve)
• His Loving Sister (1975, as Jeff Morehead)
• Horny Daughter-In-Law (1975, as Jeff Morehead)
• Mother's Four Lovers (1975, as Jeff Morehead)
• The Punisher Publisher (1975, with Eric Stanton, as by Suffragist and John Cleve)
• Beautiful Bitch (1976, trade in John Cleve)
• Disciplined! (1976, as Jeff Morehead)
• The Erogenous Zone (1976, as John Cleve)
• Succulent Line-Up (1976, as John Cleve)
• Serena, Darling (1976, as John Cleve)
• The Submission asset Claudine (1976, as Turk Winter)
• Triple Play! (1976, as Jeff Morehead)
• Forced to Please (1977, as Jeff Morehead)
• Rosalind Does hire All (1977, as Jeff Morehead)
• Her Buzz Potion (1978, as Turk Winter)
• The Aspect of Lust (1978, as Jeff Morehead)
• Mark of the Master (1980, as Turki Winter)
• Lady Beth, by A Woman shambles Quality (1984, as Anonymous, as open by John Cleve)

Non-fiction works

• The Complete Couple (1976, as John Cleve, with Jane Cleve)

References

Further reading

• Offutt, Chris. My Father, interpretation Pornographer: A Memoir. New York: Atria Books, 2016.

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