Harold L. Goodwin
Harold Leland Goodwin (November 20, 1914 – February 18, 1990) was an American writer.
Biography and writing career
Known to his friends as Hal Goodwin, Goodwin wrote popular science books, mostly about space exploration, as Harold L. Goodwin, "Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrote children's books as Blake Savage (Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet) and John Blaine (the Rick Brant series). In the latter case, he co-wrote (with Peter J. Harkins) the first 3 books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself.
In 1947, he wrote The Feathered Cape, a boy's adventure novel set in Hawaii. It was based on events leading up to the Battle of the Nu'uanu Valley (1795) in the war for Hawaiian unification.
External links
- Works by John Blaine at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Harold Leland Goodwin at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Harold L. Goodwin at Internet Archive
- Works by Harold L. Goodwin at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Harold L. Goodwin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Spindrift Island - Rick Brant website
- An interview with Goodwin
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