Family: Born June 8, 1910, in Newark, NJ; died July 11, 1971, in Mountainside, NJ; son of John W. (a telephone engineer) and Dorothy (Strahorn) Campbell; married Donna Stuart, 1931 (divorced, 1950); married Margaret Winter (a consultant on crewel embroideries), June 15, 1950; children: four. Education: Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1928-31; Duke University, B.Sc., 1933. Politics: "May the best man win." Religion: Unitarian Universalist. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, electronics, working in wood and metal, experiments in extrasensory perception.

• The Atomic Story (science text), Holt, 1947.
• The Mightiest Machine (science fiction novel), Hadley Publishing Co., 1947, reprinted, Ace Books, 1972.
• Who Goes There?: Seven Tales of Science Fiction, Shasta, 1948, published in England as The Thing and Other Stories, Cherry Tree, 1952.
• (Editor) From Unknown Worlds, Street & Smith, 1948.
• The Incredible Planet (science fiction novel), Fantasy Press, 1949.
• The Moon Is Hell! (science fiction novel), Fantasy Press, 1951, reprinted, Ace Books, 1973.
• Cloak of Aesir (science fiction short stories), Shasta, 1952.
• (Editor) The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology, Simon & Schuster, 1952, published in England in 2 volumes as The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology and The Second Astounding Science Fiction Anthology, Grayson, 1954, published as Astounding Tales of Space and Time, Berkley Publishing, 1957.
• The Black Star Passes (science fiction short stories), Fantasy Press, 1953, reprinted, Ace Books, 1972.
• Who Goes There? and Other Stories, Dell, 1955.
• Islands of Space (science fiction novel), Fantasy Press, 1956.
• Invaders from the Infinite (science fiction novel), Gnome Press, 1961.
• (Editor) Prologue to Analog, Doubleday, 1962.
• (Editor) Analog (science fiction anthology), 8 volumes, Doubleday, 1963-71.
• Collected Editorials from Analog, edited by Harry Harrison, Doubleday, 1966.
• The Planeteers (science fiction short stories), Ace Books, 1966.
• The Ultimate Weapon (science fiction novel), Ace Books, 1966.
• The Best of John W. Campbell (science fiction short stories), Sidgwick & Jackson, 1974.
• The Best of John W. Campbell (science fiction short stories), edited by Lester del Rey, Doubleday, 1976.
• The Space Beyond (science fiction short stories), Pyramid, 1976.
• Modern Science Fiction, Its Meaning and Its Future, edited by Reginald Bretnor, 2nd edition, Advent (Chicago, IL), 1979.
• The John W. Campbell Letters, edited by Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr., toney Chapdelaine, and George Hay, AC Projects (Franklin, TN), 1985.