Oscar J. Friend

As his career progressed, Oscar Friend authored many novels, which were published worldwide.

Friend wrote screenplays, worked as an editor on periodicals, and was co-editor on several anthologies.

Oscar Friend moved to Los Angeles at the request of Walt Disney Productions, and worked for some time as a scriptwriter for films at Universal Studios before returning to New York.

Friend's thrillers were written under the pen name Owen Fox Jerome.

He also used the pen names Ford Smith & Frank Johnson for his science fiction novels, and the pseudonym Sergeant Saturn as editor.