Kendell Foster Crossen

Born in 1910, he built a remarkably varied writing career that stretched across pulp magazines, novels, and radio. He wrote crime fiction, science fiction, and adventure, often switching names depending on the market, including Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, and M. E. Chaber.

He is best known in popular fiction history for writing Green Lama stories and radio scripts, helping shape one of the more unusual masked heroes of the pulp era. His mystery work also found lasting readers through the Miles Bredon series, while his science fiction added another side to a career that never stayed in just one lane.

Crossen died in 1981, leaving behind a body of work that shows how flexible and industrious mid-20th-century genre writers could be. For listeners who enjoy classic mysteries, old-school adventure, or the energetic imagination of pulp-era storytelling, his books offer all three.