Lester Dent

Lester Dent (1904 - 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman character, "Doc Savage." "Doc Savage" stories were carried in a popular magazine of the same name and were popular with younger readers. All stories were credited to the pseudonym "Kenneth Robeson" and written by several authors, the vast majority by Dent. Dent was born in La Plata, Missouri.