Jess Stearn
 Jess Stearn (April 26 1914 – March 27 2002) was a journalist and author of more than thirty books nine of which were bestsellers. Stearn was born in Syracuse New York to David Stearn a rabbi. He graduated from Syracuse University and became a journalist for the New York Daily News and later an associate editor for Newsweek.As an author Stearn specialized in sensationalist speculative non-fiction.