Alfred Coppel | |
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| Born | November 9, 1921 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 30, 2004 (aged 82) |
| Pen name | Robert Cham Gilman A.C. Marin |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Science fiction |
Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004)[1] was an American author. Born in Oakland, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started his career as a writer. He became one of the most prolific pulp magazine authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C. Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "slick" publishers. Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction stories which comprise both short stories and novels.
