George H. (George Henry) Smith

George Henry Smith was an American author born on October 27, 1922, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and he died on May 22, 1996. He is best known for science fiction, though he also wrote other commercial fiction and adult paperbacks, often using pseudonyms.

His science fiction appeared during the great mid-century magazine and paperback boom, and readers often remember him for energetic, accessible stories rather than dense, technical speculation. Among his better-known titles are The Fourth "R" and The Second War of the Worlds.

Smith wrote under several names, including George Hudson Smith, Jerry Jason, Jan Hudson, Hal Stryker, and, with his wife M. Jane Deer, M. J. Deer. A suitable verified portrait image was not clearly available from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included.