Paul Ernst (Avenger writer)
- Paul Ernst (Avenger writer)
Paul Frederick Ernst (c.1899-1902 [Ernst's birth/death dates are listed as being 1899-1985 in numerous places, including G.W. Thomas's "Copies in Bronze" page on his [http://www.gwthomas.org/copies.htm "Of Men and Monsters" website] ; by the [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index] as - for likely the same Ernst - January 10, 1900 - August 1983. In 1971, pulp-expert Don Hutchison gave Ernst's birth year as 1902. (Hutchison, Don "The Great Pulp Heroes - 3: The Avenger" in Peter Harris (ed.) "The New Captain George's Whizzbang" #12 (1971), p. 2)] - c.1983-1985 [G.W. Thomas's "Copies in Bronze" page on his [http://www.gwthomas.org/copies.htm "Of Men and Monsters" website] suggests 1985; the [http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Social Security Death Index] gives a (likely) timeframe of August 1983.] ) was an American pulp fiction writer. He is best known as the author of the original 24 "Avenger" novels, published by Street and Smith Publications under the house name Kenneth Robeson.
Biography
Paul Ernst was born between 1899 [ [http://www.gwthomas.org/copies.htm G.W. Thomas, "Of Men and Monsters": "Copies in Bronze"] . Accessed August 6, 2008] and 1902[Hutchison, Don "The Great Pulp Heroes - 3: The Avenger" in Peter Harris (ed.) "The New Captain George's Whizzbang" #12 (1971), p. 2] , and " [took] up fiction writing in his early twenties."]When pulp magazine work began to dry up, Ernst "was able to make a painless transition into the more prestigious "slick" magazines, where his word skill earned him higher financial rewards."[Harris, Peter "Comment" in Peter Harris (ed.) "The New Captain George's Whizzbang" #12 (1971), p. 1] ]References
External links
* [http://www.iblist.com/author2751.htm Paul Ernst] at Internet Book List
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