L. Taylor (Lucile Taylor) Hansen

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L. Taylor (Lucile Taylor) Hansen

1897–1976

A pulp-era science fiction writer who later turned to popular science and fringe-history books, she built a career around big, adventurous ideas. Early on, she published under a male pen name, adding another layer of intrigue to her story.

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The Undersea Tube

The Undersea Tube

by L. Taylor (Lucile Taylor) Hansen

About the author

Lucile Taylor Hansen (November 30, 1897 – May 1976) was an American writer who published early fiction as L. Taylor Hansen. Reference sources including The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ISFDB, and Wikipedia identify her as a science fiction author and writer of popular science articles and books.

Her first published story, "The Undersea Tube," appeared in Amazing Stories in 1929 and even made the cover. Over time, her work ranged beyond fiction into articles on anthropology and geology, and later into nonfiction books such as He Walked the Americas and The Ancient Atlantic.

What makes her especially memorable is the mix of classic magazine-era sci-fi with a later fascination for ancient cultures, lost history, and speculative ideas. That blend gives her work a distinctive place on the border between early science fiction, popular science, and unconventional historical writing.