Born in Iowa August 7, 1938, Larry Tritten spent most of his childhood in Northern Idaho.
His father, Pete, ran the Pine Creek Tavern in rural Idaho, where Larry, his brother Dale, and his Mom and Dad lived until Larry was about 10.
It was then that the Tritten family moved to Coeur d'Alene, where Pete bought and ran a tavern on Fourth Street.
Larry enlisted in the Army and served on Okinawa for two years.
He returned home and attended North Idaho Junior College for two years.
He married a Coeur d'Alene girl named Theo Anne, and got a scholarship to study creative writing at San Francisco State University.
He lived in San Francisco for the rest of his life.
He was a prolific writer.
His works include books, short stories, hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, movie reviews, humor and much more
He wrote scores of travel articles and went on more than 50 travel junkets all over the world.
He was influenced by such writers as Harlan Ellison, Bruce Jay Friedman, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Jack Vance, Richard Matheson and Woody Allen.
After his death in April, 2011, Harlan Ellison wrote the following:
"I was enormously fond of Larry, of his humor, his goodwill and sense of being proudly, as I am, a simple "blue collar" artisan.
I tried to help him out as many times as I could when his times got tough; and now it's over.
At least for my pal.
Larry didn't know, near the end, how ill I've become, nor how close to denouement is my own life.
But, what is, is; and I have no regrets.
It's been a Great Life.
I wish, toward the end, Larry's could have been easier, too."
