R. R. (Russell Robert) Winterbotham

Russell Robert Winterbotham (August 1, 1904–June 9, 1971) was an American writer born in Salina, Kansas, and later based in Ohio. He wrote science fiction, westerns, crime stories, instructional books, and numerous Big Little Books, often under the names Russ Winterbotham, J. Harvey Bond, Franklin Hadley, and R. R. Winter.

His science-fiction work included The Whispering Spheres, The Space Egg, The Red Planet, The Men from Arcturus, The Puppet Planet, and The Lord of Nardos. He also wrote crime novels such as Murder Isn’t Funny and The Other World under the J. Harvey Bond name.

Alongside his fiction, Winterbotham worked as a journalist and fiction editor for the Newspaper Enterprise Association. He wrote or helped write scripts for adventure comics including Red Ryder and Chris Welkin, Planeteer, making him a versatile contributor to American popular culture during the mid-20th century.