Wyatt Rainey Blassingame (February 6, 1909 – January 9, 1985), also known as W. B. Rainey, was an American writer and the author of many short stories and articles for national magazines, four adult novels and dozens of juvenile nonfiction books.
[3] In the 1930s, Blassingame wrote for the "Weird menace" horror pulps such as Terror Tales and Dime Mystery.
[4] His short stories have recently been republished in three collections edited by John Pelan, published by Dancing Tuatara Press.
[6] He made every effort to make his books as accurate as possible, and disapproved of fictionalizing juvenile history merely for the benefit of drama.
[citation needed] He married Gertrude Olsen in 1936; they had two daughters, Peggy and April.