author
Arthur Leo Zagat
1896–1949
A prolific pulp storyteller who left the law for fiction, he helped fill the pages of adventure, horror, and early science fiction magazines in the first half of the 20th century. His fast-moving tales, including work with fellow writer Nat Schachner, capture the energy of the classic pulp era.
2 Audiobooks
The Great Dome on Mercury
by Arthur Leo Zagat
When the Sleepers Woke
by Arthur Leo Zagat
About the author
Born in New York City in 1896, Arthur Leo Zagat trained for a legal career before turning to writing professionally. He became known as an American author of pulp fiction and science fiction, and reference sources agree that he produced a remarkably large body of short fiction during his career.
Zagat wrote for the busy magazine market that thrived between the wars, publishing stories in genres ranging from science fiction to adventure and menace fiction. He is especially remembered for his collaborations with fellow lawyer and writer Nat Schachner, as well as for the sheer scale of his output—around 500 stories is a commonly cited estimate.
He died in 1949, but his name still turns up in histories of pulp magazine fiction and early genre storytelling. For listeners who enjoy the roots of modern science fiction and popular adventure writing, his work offers a vivid glimpse of a fast, imaginative publishing world.