Harold Kerton Wells was born in September 1899 in Little Hocking in Ohio.

Unfortunately, little is known of much of his life. We do know he spent some time in both Belpre and Athens, Ohio before in May 1917 Wells enlisted in the Ohio National Guard, shortly after the United States entered the First World War against Germany.

He was discharged fourteen months later with a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability, classified as 50% disabled.

Two years later he was back in Athens, Ohio working as a salesman in a dry goods store.

By 1930, Wells was known to have moved West and was living in Los Angeles, California. He was now writing science fiction stories for various magazines including Astounding Stories, Fantastic Universe, Mystery Tales, Startling Stories, Super Science Stories, and Thrilling Wonder Stories.

He continued to write for these and others until at least 1954. One of his stories was the basis for the film ‘A Moony Mariner’ made in 1927.

Hal K. Wells died on December 12th, 1979, in Torrance, California.

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