Henry Felsen
Henry Gregor Felsen (1916 - 1977) was an American writer, particularly of children's books.
Born in Brooklyn, he attended the University of Iowa. After struggling financially during the depression, Felsen sold nine books and hundreds of stories in his first eighteen months of full-time freelance writing in the early 1940s. After war service with the Marine Corps, during which he wrote magazine articles while stationed in the Pacific, he returned to Iowa where he lived for most of the rest of his life. He taught part time at the Drake University (1964-1969), and in 1977 left Iowa to spend his remaining years travelling.
His best-selling book was Hot Rod, one of a series that also included Street Rod and Crash Club and sold about eight million copies in all.
External Link
- University of Iowa Papers of Henry Gregor Felsen