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Lee Floren
Lee Floren (1910-1995) was an American writer who, under various pseudonyms, published some 300 novels in a variety of genres, including western, Gothic, juvenile, detective, and b...view moreLee Floren (1910-1995) was an American writer who, under various pseudonyms, published some 300 novels in a variety of genres, including western, Gothic, juvenile, detective, and biographical novels and novelettes, as well as case study books on medical and psychological subjects. He also contributed around 1,000 short stories and articles, also under various pseudonyms, to popular publications. Floren wrote under the names Brett Austin, R. V. Donald, Lisa Fanchon, Claudia Hall, Wade Hamilton, Matt Harding, Matthew Whitman Harding, Felix Lee Horton, Mark Kirby, Grace Lang, Marguerite Nelson, Lew Smith, Maria Sandra Sterling, Lee Thomas, Len Turner, Will Watson and Dave Wilson. He was born on March 22, 1910, in Hinsdale, Montana and received his B.A. degree from Santa Barbara State College (now the University of California, Santa Barbara). He was awarded his teaching certificate by the Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, and received his M.A. degree from Texas Western College (now University of Texas in El Paso) in 1964. Floren taught woodshop and science in California between 1942-1945, before becoming a freelance writer in 1945. He won the Colt 44 Award in 1979 for his novel The Rawhide Men.view less