About the Author

Raymond Fisher Jones (November 15, 1915-January 24, 1994) was an American science fiction author. He was born in Salt Lake City and studied radio engineering. He worked as a telephone switch installer before taking a job with the weather bureau. His first science fiction story was published in 1941but the bulk of his writing was done in the 1950's. He is best known for the novel This Island Earth which was later made into a movie of the same name. His story "The Children's Room" was later made into an episode of the television series Tales of Tomorrow.