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Kroll, Steven

(1941-2011) US historian, publisher's editor and author of nearly a hundred books for young children, whose Space Cats (1979 chap) is Children's SF; its young protagonist Perry encounters and befriends a strange Cat who proves to be an Alien and invites him on a journey to the cat homeworld, where feline factions are at War. The eponym of Otto (1983 chap) is a Robot who accompanies a small human friend to school and gets into trouble. [DRL]

Stephen Lawrence Kroll

born New York: 11 August 1941

died 8 March 2011

works (highly selected)

• Space Cats (New York: Holiday House, 1979) [chap: illus/hb/Friso Henstra]
• Otto (New York: Parents Magazine Press, 1983) [chap: illus/hb/Ned Delaney]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 07:59 am on 10 May 2026.
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