December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982
American science fiction and short-story writer
Author of over 40 novels and 120 short stories including "The Man in the High Castle" (which became a television series on Netflix in 2015), "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" (which became the movie "Blade Runner" in 1982), "A Scanner Darkly" (which became a movie in 2006), "The Minority Report" (which became a movie in 2002) and "Adjustment Team" (which became the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" in 2011)
American science fiction and short-story writer
Author of over 40 novels and 120 short stories including "The Man in the High Castle" (which became a television series on Netflix in 2015), "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" (which became the movie "Blade Runner" in 1982), "A Scanner Darkly" (which became a movie in 2006), "The Minority Report" (which became a movie in 2002) and "Adjustment Team" (which became the movie "The Adjustment Bureau" in 2011)
Was the namesake of the Philip K. Dick Award that honors the previous year's best science fiction paperback in the United States