Lester Dent
Author · 39 books
Lester Dent (1904–1959) was born in La Plata, Missouri. In his mid-twenties, he began publishing pulp fiction stories, and moved to New York City, where he developed the successful Doc Savage Magazine with Henry Ralston, head of Street and Smith, a leading pulp publisher. The magazine ran from 1933 until 1949 and included 181 novel-length stories, of which Dent wrote the vast majority under the house name Kenneth Robeson. He also published mystery novels in a variety of genres, including the Chance Molloy series about a self-made airline owner. Dent’s own life was quite adventurous; he prospected for gold in the Southwest, lived aboard a schooner for a few years, hunted treasure in the Caribbean, launched an aerial photography company, and was a member of the Explorer’s Club.
Series
Books
The Devil Genghis
1938
The Roar Devil & Satan Black
2011
The Derrick Devil & The Spotted Men
2012
The Annihilist & Cargo Unknown
2009
The Shape of Terror
2025
The Awful Dynasty, The Angry Canary & The Swooning Lady
2012
The Mental Wizard & The Secret of the Su
2009
Quest of the Spider
2019
The Feathered Octopus & The Goblins
2009
The Hate Genius
1945
Land of Long Juju & Se-Pah-Poo
2014
Quest of the Qui & The Devil's Playground
2010
Poison Island & They Died Twice
2010
Honey in His Mouth
2009
Doc Savage #75
The Green Death & Rock Sinister
2014
The Metal Master & The Vanisher
2009
The Midas Man & The Derelict of Skull Shoal
2013
Dead At The Take-off
1946
The Invisible-Box Murders & Target for Death
2013
The Black Spot & The Terrible Stork
2012
Mystery Island & Trouble on Parade
2013
The Man Who Shook the Earth & The Three Devils
2010
Murder Mirage
1936
The Red Spider
1979
The Man Who Fell Up & The Three Wild Men
2012
Doc Savage Vol. 53
Ost and According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic
2011
The Time Terror & The Talking Devil
2012
The Headless Men & King Joe Cay
2012
The Purple Dragon & Colors for Murder
2013
According to the Plan of a One-eyed Mystic
2021
The Mystery on the Snow & Peril in the North
2010
The Ghost Legion
1935
Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales
2006
The Flaming Falcons & The Too-Wise Owl
2012
The Mountain Monster
1938
Murder Melody & Birds of Death
2010
The Weird Adventures of The Blond Adder
2010
The Mystic Mullah & Terror Takes 7
2011
Doc Savage Vol. 74
The Motion Menace & Fire and Ice
2014
