write a comic Western. I had plenty of time, but wasn't sure I had the ability. Terry had faith that I did. I wrote some chapters and an outline. Ace bought it, and published it ahead of the action Western I'd done first. I couldn't think of titles, so Terry provided names for both of them, The Legend of Blackjack Sam for the comic one, and Gunfight at Laramie for the horse opera. The literary agent, Henry Morrison, was a longtime fan. He handled Ted White and some other friends who had become professional writers. He accepted me as a client. With two sales, and another book in the works I quit working regular hours for other people. She went on to write seventeen Western novels between the years 1966 and 1977 for several publishers—Ace, Avon, Ballantine, Dell, Doubleday, Dell, NAL/Signet—with various editions in Germany, Italy and the UK. During that same time period, she wrote four science fiction novels: Telepower (Belmont, 1967), The Caves of Karst (Ballantine, 1969), Always the Black Knight (Avon, 1970) and Change Song (Doubleday, 1972). Her short stories include "Soundless Evening", published in Harlan Ellison's Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). In 1987, Hoffman was presented the Rebel Award, a lifetime achievement award for a science fiction fan "who has done a great deal for Southern Fandom." Death She died in Port Charlotte, Florida of a massive heart attack on February 6, 2007. References External links Caravan and Gardyloo in University of North Carolina's Southern Folklife Collection "How LeeH & ShelVy & Max Shaped My World" by Joyce Katz Lee Hoffman's autobiography Quandry (full text of some issues) Lee Hoffman and Cosplay 1932 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American novelists American folk music American women novelists American romantic fiction writers American science fiction writers Novelists from Florida Western (genre) writers Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women romantic fiction writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women