Personal Information: Family: Born March 28, 1912, in Aldershot, England; died June 6, 1984; son of Arthur Robert (a soldier) and Ida Florence Chandler; married susan Wilson (a designer), December 23, 1962; children: (previous marriage) Penelope Anne, Christopher John, Jennifer Lynn (Mrs. Ramsey Campbell). Education: "Patchy." Politics: "Liberal--with a small `l'." Religion: "Agnostic, with Judaistic hankerings." Hobbies and other interests: Cookery, navigation, and harbour pilotage.* Memberships: P.E.N. International, Science Fiction Writers of America, Austalian Merchant Service Guild, Australian Society of Authors, British Interplanetary Society (fellow).