Interviewed in "Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 2005).
Member of the Writers Guild of America, recipient of the Writers Guild of America Humanities award and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award .
Graduated from Dartmouth College in 1950.
Son of Hollywood screenwriter Aben Kandel. Both father and son enjoyed longevity, dying in their mid-90s.