Kendell Foster Crossen | |
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| Born | July 25, 1910 Athens, Ohio, United States |
| Died | November 29, 1981 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Pen name | Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Kent and Clay Richards, M. E. Chaber |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Children | Stephen Foster Crossen, Karen Crossen Ready, Kendra Crossen Burroughs, David Crossen |
Kendell Foster Crossen (July 25, 1910 – November 29, 1981) was an American pulp fiction and science fiction writer. He was the creator and writer of stories about the Green Lama (a pulp and comic book hero) and the Milo March detective and spy novels.
His pen names included Richard Foster, Bennett Barlay, Kent Richards and Clay Richards, Christopher Monig (the name of the ghost of the town of Crossen on the Oder),[1] and M.E. Chaber (from the Hebrew word mechaber, meaning author).[2] Some bylines use the abbreviated name Ken Crossen.
- ^ For Crossen’s explanation, see “Odds and Ends,” The Mystery Nook, no. 12, June 1979, p. A17. See also “Internship of the Undead: Christopher Monig, Afterlife Apothecary.” Esoterx, https://esoterx.com/2017/09/29/internship-of-the-undead-christopher-monig-afterlife-apothecary/.
- ^ Thorpe, Dickson (1977) [pseudonym of Nick Carr]. “Will the Real Ken Crossen Please Stand Up.” The Mystery FANcier, Vol. 1, No. 2 (March), p. 6.