Stanton A. (Stanton Arthur) Coblentz

Born in San Francisco in 1896, Stanton A. Coblentz was an American writer and poet whose career stretched across much of the twentieth century. He earned a master's degree in English literature and began publishing poetry in the 1920s before becoming known to many readers for science fiction.

His early speculative fiction included "The Sunken World," published in 1928, and his first novel, The Wonder Stick, followed soon after. Coblentz became a familiar name in magazine science fiction, often mixing imaginative adventure with satire and social commentary.

Alongside his fiction, he continued writing poetry and literary criticism for many years. He died in 1982, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both the energetic world of early pulp science fiction and the interests of a lifelong man of letters.