Charles Willard Diffin

Born in 1884, Charles Willard Diffin was an American engineer, salesman, and author. Reliable reference sources describe him as a graduate of the University of Buffalo with a degree in analytical chemistry, and note that he worked as an engineer and airplane salesman before becoming known to magazine readers.

He is remembered best for science fiction published during the pulp-magazine era, especially in the early 1930s, though he also wrote Western and mystery fiction. His stories often mixed large-scale adventure with practical, technological imagination, which may help explain why they still stand out to readers interested in classic genre fiction.

Diffin died in 1966. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources checked, so no profile image is included.