Author: Arthur J. Burks
Alternate names: Arthur J. Burks; Estil Critchie; Burke MacArthur; Lieutenant Frank Johnson; Scott Morgan; Spencer Whitney
Born: 13 September 1898
Died: 13 May 1974
Bio: Arthur J. Burks was an American military man and writer whose first career was in the American Marine Corps (1917-1927); he re-enlisted in World War Two, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. In the meantime, he began to write for the Pulp magazines and published over 1,400 short stories in his lifetime, primarily in the genres of aviation, detective, adventure, sports (mainly boxing), and weird menace. - sf-encyclopedia.com