Leo P. Kelley

Leo P. Kelley was an American writer born in 1928 and died in 2002. Reliable reference sources describe him as a science fiction author who later focused mainly on westerns, and note that he also worked for a time as an advertising copywriter.

He began publishing science fiction in the 1950s, with "Dreamtown, U.S.A." appearing in If in 1955 while he was still a student at Wilkes College. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction credits him with early novels such as The Counterfeits, Odyssey to Earthdeath, The Accidental Earth, The Coins of Murph, Time: 110100, and The Earth Tripper, and notes that he also wrote science fiction adventures for younger readers.

Some of his shorter work has remained accessible through Project Gutenberg, including Dreamtown, U.S.A. and The Human Element. A confirmed portrait image was not readily available from the sources I could verify, so no profile image is included here.