Biggle was born in 1923 in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in World War II as a communications sergeant in a rifle company of the 102nd Infantry Division; during the war, he was wounded twice. His second wound, a shrapnel wound in his leg received near the Elbe River at the end of the war, left him disabled for life. After the war, Biggle resumed his education. He received an A.B. Degree with High Distinction from Wayne State University and M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. Biggle taught at the University of Michigan and at Eastern Michigan University in the 1950s. He began writing professionally in 1955 and became a full-time writer with the publication of his novel, All the Colors of Darkness in 1963; he continued in the writing profession until his death.
Series
Books

Alien Main
1985

The Chronocide Mission
2001

The Whirligig of Time
1979

All the Colors of Darkness
1963

A Galaxy of Strangers
1976

This Darkening Universe
1975

The Angry Espers
1961

The World Menders
1971

Silence is Deadly
1977

The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets
1961

The Rule of the Door and Other Fanciful Regulations
1967

The Light That Never Was
1972

The 14th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®
2019

The Quailsford Inheritance
1986

A Hazard of Losers
1995

Out of The Silent Sky
1967

The Fury Out of Time
1965

Watchers of the Dark
1966

Monument
1974