Author: Alfred Coppel
Alternate names: Sol Galaxan; Robert Cham Gilman (pseud.); Derfla Leppoc; A.C. Marin; Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel
Born: November 9, 1921
Died: May 30, 2004
Bio: Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel, was an American author. After serving as a fighter pilot during  World War II, he started his career as a writer and became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s. Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction stories which comprise both short stories and novels. - Wikipedia