
author
1913–2002
A prolific science-fiction novelist and television writer, Jerry Sohl brought sharp speculative ideas to both the page and the screen. His work reached audiences through The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek, alongside more than twenty novels.

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl

by Jerry Sohl
Jerry Sohl (December 2, 1913–November 4, 2002) was an American science-fiction author, journalist, and television scriptwriter. Born in Los Angeles, he worked as a feature writer for the Bloomington Daily Pantagraph before returning to California in 1958 to pursue literary writing full time.
Sohl wrote more than twenty novels, including The Transcendent Man and Point Ultimate, as well as nonfiction books on chess and bridge. He also wrote for The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek: The Original Series, sometimes using the pseudonym Nathan Butler.