Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman

Harold Morrow Sherman was born in Traverse City, Michigan, on July 13, 1898, and became a highly prolific American writer, lecturer, and psychical researcher. Early in his career he worked in journalism, and over time he wrote fiction, plays, screenplays, self-help books, and works exploring extrasensory perception.

His writing life was notably wide-ranging. He produced adventure and sports stories for younger readers, had plays produced on Broadway, and later worked on film projects including The Adventures of Mark Twain. He also wrote speculative and mystery fiction, showing how comfortably he moved between popular entertainment and more unusual subjects.

Later in life, he became especially known for lectures and books on psychic phenomena and ESP. He spent many years in Arkansas, where archives and state reference sources note both his literary output and his long local presence. Sherman died on August 19, 1987.