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Bob Olsen

Bob Olsen

Bob Olsen, the pen name of Alfred Johannes Olsen, was an American science fiction writer active during the early to mid-twentieth century.

Lived
1884–1956
Nationality
American
Language
English

Alfred Johannes Olsen, widely recognized by his pen name Bob Olsen, was an American science fiction writer whose life spanned the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Born on April 12, 1884, Olsen contributed to the early landscape of American speculative fiction during a transformative period for the genre.

Olsen's career as a writer of science fiction aligns with the foundational decades of the genre's development in the United States. He passed away on May 20, 1956, leaving behind a legacy tied to the history of American science fiction literature.