Wallace West


Wallace West was an American science fiction writer.

Biography

West was born May 22, 1900.
He began publishing during the 1920s. His story "Static" appeared in List of [Street & Smith publications#Adventure|Sea Stories Magazine] in 1926 and the story "Loup-Garou" in Weird Tales in 1927. The majority of West's work, which was published prior to the 1960s, was short fiction. His few novels, mostly published after World War II, were mostly re-workings of his pre-war short fiction.
He is credited with suggesting the plot to the Arch Oboler radio play Profits Unlimited.

Film history