author
A. R. (Alec Rowley) Hilliard
1908–1951
A mid-century American science fiction writer, he published brisk, imaginative stories in the pulp-magazine era while also working in Washington for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. His fiction is best remembered through tales like The Martian, where scientific curiosity meets classic speculative adventure.
1 Audiobook
The Martian
by A. R. (Alec Rowley) Hilliard, Allen Glasser
About the author
Born on July 7, 1908, Alec Rowley Hilliard was an American writer associated with early science fiction magazines and anthologies. Bibliographic records identify him as A. Rowley Hilliard or A. R. Hilliard, and sources connect him with Binghamton, New York.
Alongside his fiction writing, he worked for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C. That mix of government service and speculative storytelling gives his work a distinctly period feel: energetic, idea-driven, and rooted in the scientific imagination of the 1930s and 1940s.
Hilliard died on July 1, 1951, in Alexandria, Virginia, just before his forty-third birthday. Though not a household name today, his stories still circulate through public-domain and audiobook communities, where readers return to them for their sense of wonder and vintage pulp charm.