Background
Boucher, Anthony was born on August 21, 1911 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of James Taylor and Mary Ellen (Parker) W.
Boucher, Anthony was born on August 21, 1911 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of James Taylor and Mary Ellen (Parker) W.
Student Pasadena Junior College, 1928-1930. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Southern California, 1932. Master of Arts, University of California, 1934.
Writer mystery stories, 1934-1968. Theater editor United Progressive News, Los Angeles, 1935-1937. Mystery book editor San Francisco Chronicle, 1942-1947, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1948-1950, 58-68.
Fantasy reviewer Chicago Sun-Times, 1949-1950.
Mystery reviewer New York Times Book Review 1949-1968. Sciences-fantasy reviewer New York Herald Tribune Book Review, 1951-1963.
Editor The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1949-1958, True Crime Detective, 1952-1953. Radio writer, 1945-1948 (Sherlock Holmes, Gregory Hood, et cetera).
With Golden Voices, radio KPFA, 1949-1968, Invitation to Opera, KQED-television, 1960.
Member National Collegiate Players, Mystery Writers of America (winner award for best United States mystery criticism 1946, 50, 53, national president 1951), Baker Street Irregulars, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Phyllis Mary Price, May 19, 1938. Children: Lawrence Taylor, James Marsden.