About the Authors
Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986) was an American writer best known for his fantasy and horror stories, but he wrote in a wide variety of genres including science fiction, historical fiction, detective fiction, Western fiction, juvenile fiction, and nonfiction. Born in Angola, he graduated from Wichita Municipal University (now Wichita State University) in Kansas and received a bachelor of laws degree from Columbia University. He has been the recipient of many awards, including the World Fantasy Award and Edgar Allan Poe Award. He was a long-time resident of North Carolina.
Rod Serling has won the most Emmy Awards for dramatic
writing in the history of television. He wrote over seventy-five
episodes of the Twilight Zone series,
for which he won three of his Emmys. He was also the show’s host and narrator.