Rog Phillips

Rog Phillips was the principal pen name of American author Roger Phillip Graham, who was born in Spokane, Washington, in 1909. He graduated from Gonzaga University in 1931 and began publishing science fiction in 1945, becoming a frequent contributor to magazines including Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures.

Graham was a remarkably versatile writer who also used names such as Craig Browning and John Wiley. His work included short stories, novels, detective fiction, and essays on science-fiction fandom. His 1949 novel Time Trap is regarded as one of the earliest original science-fiction paperbacks, and his story “The Rat in the Skull” earned a Hugo Award nomination in 1959.

Phillips’s fiction often explored perception, identity, technology, and the unsettling possibilities of the unknown. He is remembered as a distinctive and prolific voice of mid-century science fiction, commonly listed as Rog Phillips (1909–1965).