author
Jeff Sutton
1913–1979
A journalist, Marine veteran, and aerospace researcher, he brought real-world grit to mid-century science fiction. His novels often blend space-age imagination with the pressures of war, survival, and life on the edge of new technology.
2 Audiobooks
After Ixmal
by Jeff Sutton
First on the Moon
by Jeff Sutton
About the author
Born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1913, he started young in newspaper work at the Los Angeles Examiner and later worked as a photographer and writer for International News Photos. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps before and during World War II, including service in the Pacific, and that background would later shape parts of his fiction.
He began publishing science fiction in the 1950s and went on to write 23 books across science fiction, war, political, and juvenile fiction. Reference sources describe his experience in journalism, the Marines, and high-altitude survival research as key influences on novels such as First on the Moon, Spacehive, and Whisper from the Stars.
He also worked as a research engineer and wrote technical and aviation-related material, giving much of his fiction a practical, grounded feel. He died on January 31, 1979, and is still remembered as a versatile writer whose stories connected Cold War anxieties, military experience, and the excitement of the early space age.