Frank Gruber

For other people named Frank Gruber, see Frank Gruber (disambiguation).
Frank Gruber
Born(1904-02-02)February 2, 1904
Elmer, Minnesota, United States
DiedDecember 9, 1969(1969-12-09) (aged 65)
Santa Monica, California, United States
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
GenreWestern, detective fiction, pulp
Gruber's "The Book of the Dead" was the cover story in the November 1941 Weird Tales
Gruber's novella "The Honest Dealer" took the cover of the December 1946 issue of Mammoth Detective

Frank Gruber (born February 2, 1904, Elmer, Minnesota, died December 9, 1969, Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. Included in his work are stories for pulp fiction magazines, dozens of and novels (mostly Westerns and detective yarns) and scripts for Hollywood movies and television shows. He sometimes wrote under the pen names Stephen Acre, Charles K. Boston and John K. Vedder, and also was the creator of three TV series.