Jack Byrne

Born in Corning, New York, on September 17, 1902, Jack Byrne was an American pulp writer and editor whose career stretched across magazines and comics. Early in his career, he published stories in Fiction House magazines such as Lariat Story, Air Stories, and Action Stories.

By 1928, he had moved into editing and became associated with a wide range of Fiction House titles, including adventure, aviation, detective, and western magazines. In the 1930s he also worked with Argosy, and later returned to Fiction House as a publisher and managing editor, overseeing its comics line until the company stopped publishing comics in 1954.

He also wrote under the pen name Zora Roark. Byrne died in Norwalk, Connecticut, on December 20, 1972. His long career places him among the important behind-the-scenes figures who helped define the fast-paced storytelling of the pulp era.