author
Austin Hall
1882–1933
A prolific pulp-era storyteller, he turned a ranchland writing challenge into a career that ranged from westerns to science fiction and fantasy. He is especially remembered for fast-moving adventure tales and for co-writing the influential novel The Blind Spot with Homer Eon Flint.
3 Audiobooks
The Blind Spot
by Austin Hall, Homer Eon Flint
The Man Who Saved the Earth
by Austin Hall
Where the West begins
by Austin Hall
About the author
An American short story writer and novelist of the pulp-magazine era, Austin Hall is generally listed as having been born around 1885 and dying in 1933. Accounts of his start as a writer say he began while working as a cowboy, when he was asked to finish a story—an origin that fits the rough-and-ready energy of his fiction.
Hall wrote across several popular genres, especially westerns, science fiction, and fantasy, and he reportedly claimed to have written hundreds of stories. Among the works he is best known for today are The Blind Spot, written with Homer Eon Flint, as well as People of the Comet and The Spot of Life.
His work sits in that lively early period when pulp fiction helped shape modern genre storytelling. Even now, he appeals to readers who enjoy bold ideas, strange worlds, and the brisk, adventurous style of classic magazine fiction.