Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1916, Jesse Franklin Bone wrote science fiction under the names J. F. Bone, Jesse F. Bone, and Jesse Bone. Reliable bibliographic records identify him as both an American veterinarian and an author, and they place his life from June 15, 1916, to January 6, 2006.

Bone studied at Washington State University and later built a career in veterinary medicine. An in memoriam notice from Washington State University describes him as a prolific writer of science fiction books and short stories, and also notes that he wrote the textbook Animal Anatomy and Physiology, which was widely used in universities in the United States and abroad.

His fiction appeared during the great magazine era of science fiction, and many of his shorter works remain easy to discover today through public-domain and library-style archives. That mix of scientific training and storytelling helped give his work a distinctive feel: speculative, energetic, and shaped by someone who knew both professional science and popular adventure fiction from the inside.