author
b. 1926
Best remembered for sharp, fast-moving paperback fiction, this Brooklyn-born writer worked across mystery, gothic, western, and science fiction. His stories also reached the screen, with credits connected to classic TV suspense anthologies.
Morris Hershman was born in New York City on January 31, 1926. Reference sources on his work describe him as an American writer who published widely in popular fiction, and a family memorial site says he was born in Brooklyn and died in August 2016 at age 90.
He wrote in several genres, including mystery, gothic, western, and science fiction. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that he began publishing science-fiction work of interest in the early 1950s, including "The Happy Traitor" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and later published the novel Shareworld, also issued as The Crash of 2086.
His work also crossed into television. IMDb credits him as a writer connected with Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Unforeseen, which fits with his reputation as a storyteller comfortable with suspense, twists, and high-concept premises.