George Harold "Hal" Bennett (April 21, 1930 – September 11, 2004)[1][2] was an author known for a variety of books.

His 1970 novel Lord of Dark Places was described as "a satirical and all but scatological attack on the phallic myth",[3] and was reprinted in 1997.

He was Playboy's most promising writer of the year.

[1] He also wrote under the pen names Harriet Janeway and John D. Revere (the Assassin series).

His books are sometimes compared to Mark Twain's style of satire, but contain a much stronger sexual tone.