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Tucker became involved in science fiction fandom in 1932 and in that decade began publishing a fanzine, The Planetoid . From 1938- 1975, he published the fanzine Le Zombie , which lasted for more than 60 issues and later was revived as a webzine. He published the Bloomington News Letter from his home in Bloomington, Illinois which dealt with the writing field. Active in letter-writing as well, Tucker has long been a popular fan, coining many phrases familiar in fandom. On multiple occasions fallacious reports of his death have been made.

In 1941, Tucker published his first short story, "Interstellar Way Station." His complete short fiction canon has been collected in The Best of Wilson Tucker ( 1982). Instead, he turned his attention to writing novels. His most famous novel may be The Year of the Quiet Sun ( 1970), which won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Although Tucker has written more then twenty novels, both science fiction and mysteryMystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). It is similar to the whodunit in that the clues may often be given to the reader by subtle, he has always viewed it as an avocation instead of work. He worked instead as a projectionist.

Tucker won the Hugo Award for Best Fan WriterHugo Award for Best Fan Writer . Winners and other nominees 2004: Dave Langford Jeff Berkwits Bob Devney John L. Flynn Cheryl Morgan 2003: Dave Langford Bob Devney John L. Flynn Mike Glyer Steven H Silver 2002: Dave Langford Jeff Berkwits Bob Devney John in 1970 and the Retro-Hugo for same category in 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati. His Science Fiction Newsletter (a.k.a. Bloomington News Letter) won the Retro- Hugo Award for Best FanzineHugo Award for Best Fanzine . The award was for "Best Fan Magazine" in 1956 57. The award was for "Best Amateur Magazine" in 1959, 1963 64, 1966, 1972 75, 1977 78. Winners and other nominees 2004: Emerald City edited by Cheryl Morgan Challenger edited by in 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We.