Leroy Yerxa

(1915-1946) US author for the Pulp magazines, particularly the Ziff-Davis productions Amazing and Fantastic Adventures. He published under his own name and under some pseudonyms, the main one being Elroy Arno; others included Lee Francis which evolved into a House Name after his death (see also Frances Yerxa below as possible author under this name), Morris J Steele and (possibly) Henry Gade and Frank Patton. House Names included Richard Casey and Alexander Blade. He began to publish work of genre interest with "Death Rides at Night" in Amazing for August 1942 as Yerxa, and contributing prolifically to that magazine until his death; his only book-length story was "Double for Destiny" (December 1946 Amazing Stories).