J. Harvey (John Harvey) Haggard

John Harvey Haggard was an American science-fiction writer and railwayman, born in Everton, Missouri, on November 30, 1912, and died on March 14, 2001. He published as J. Harvey Haggard and sometimes used the pen name The Planet Prince.

He is remembered mainly for stories in the early pulp era, especially in Wonder Stories. Reference sources note that his first published story, "Faster Than Light," appeared in 1930 when he was still a teenager, and that he went on to write a steady run of stories, poems, and fan work tied to the energetic science-fiction community of the 1930s and 1940s.

Haggard's background as a rail worker gives his career an appealing down-to-earth contrast: by day, practical transportation; on the page, interplanetary adventure. Today he remains of special interest to readers who enjoy the bold, imaginative spirit of classic pulp science fiction.