Elma Wentz

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December 12, 1906 — November 1, 1971

Elma Wentz(nee Elma Langhorne Miller, later Elma LeCron) was born in Tacoma, Washington.  She attended the University of Washington and moved to the Los Angeles area in the mid-1930s. She attended political gatherings at the Heinleins' house and eventually co-authored a short story with Heinlein, "Beyond Doubt," published in 1941.

Wentz spent most of her career working for various movie studios, including Warner Brothers, as a secretary and later a story analyst. She was arrested and jailed briefly for her involvement in a writers' strike.

She married and divorced twice, once to Roby Wentz (who also published some science fiction) and later to Leslie LeCron.



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