Edmund Cooper (30 April 1926 – 11 March 1982) was an English poet and prolific writer of speculative fiction, romances, technical essays, several detective stories, and a children's book.
[2] His short story The Brain Child (1956) was adapted as the movie The Invisible Boy (1957), which featured the return of Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet.
[3] His novel The Uncertain Midnight was noted for its treatment of the subject of androids, which was considered original at the time of writing.
The Expendables series features an unusual diversity, both in its cast of characters, and in the frank nature of their conversations and attitudes on racial and sexual topics.
Two[5] of Cooper's books depict future Earths dominated by women after the genetic or physical need for men has been reduced.