Whiteson, Leon
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1930-2013) Southern-Rhodesia-born architect, journalist and author, resident variously in UK, USA and Canada. He is of sf interest for Scanners (1980; vt David Cronenberg's Scanners 1981), a Tie novelizing the screenplay of the film Scanners (1980) directed by David Cronenberg. [JC]
Leon Whiteson
born Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]: 19 October 1930
died Los Angeles, California: 25 August 2013
works (highly selected)
- Scanners (New York: Tower Books, 1980) [tie to the film Scanners: pb/]
- David Cronenberg's Scanners (London: Granada, 1981) [vt of the above: pb/Joann]
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