Robert Moore Williams

Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907–May 12, 1977) was an American science-fiction writer born in Farmington, Missouri. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1931 and began publishing professionally in the 1930s, with work appearing in magazines including Astounding Science Fiction, Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories, Thrilling Wonder, and Startling Stories.

Williams was exceptionally prolific, publishing more than 150 stories as well as numerous novels under his own name and pseudonyms such as Robert Moore, John S. Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm, and E. K. Jarvis. His fiction ranged from space adventures and robot stories to fantasy and post-apocalyptic speculation.

He is especially remembered for the Jongor books, a lost-world adventure series originally published in Fantastic Adventures and later collected in book form. His writing career continued through the early 1970s, with his final novel appearing in 1972.