Harold L. Goodwin

Harold Leland Goodwin was an American writer.

Biography and writing career

Known to his friends as Hal Goodwin, Goodwin wrote popular science books, mostly about space exploration, as Harold L. Goodwin, "Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrote children's books as Blake Savage and John Blaine. In the latter case, he co-wrote the first three books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself.
In 1947, he wrote The Feathered Cape, a boy's adventure novel set in Hawaii. It was based on events leading up to the Battle of the Nu'uanu Valley in the war for Hawaiian unification.
He had three sons from two different marriages; Alan, Chris and Derek. He died from cardiac arrest.