F. L. Wallace

He was born in Rock Island, Illinois, in 1915, and died in Tustin, California, in 2004.

Wallace spent most of his life in California as a writer and mechanical engineer after attending the University of Iowa.

[1] Galaxy Science Fiction and other science fiction magazines published his subsequent stories, including "Student Body", "Delay in Transit", "Bolden's Pets", and "Tangle Hold".

His mystery works include "Driving Lesson", a second-prize winner in the twelfth annual short-story contest held by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

His works have been translated into numerous languages, and his stories are available today around the world in anthologies.