Frank Banta

Frank Banta was an American author listed in library and authority records as living from 1897 to 1969. Reliable bibliographic sources connect him most clearly with short fiction rather than novels, especially in science fiction and mystery.

His known work includes stories such as The Connoisseur, The Happy Homicide, Handyman, and Droozle. Much of his reputation now comes through specialist genre indexes, which show that his fiction was published in the early 1960s and later reprinted.

Very little widely available biographical detail survives, which gives his work an extra air of mystery. For listeners who enjoy rediscovering overlooked mid-century pulp-era writers, his stories offer a glimpse of a sharp, imaginative voice that has not been entirely forgotten.