William B. Ellern
William B. Ellern (born
November 30,
1933) is a
science fiction author, who in July 1965 asked for, and received, permission from
E. E. Smith to extend the
Lensman series of novels. In 1976
New Lensman was published, containing a chapter called Moon Inspector, based on a piece called Moon
Prospector which Ellern had written for the April 1966 issue of
Analog.