Fletcher Flora

Fletcher Flora (1914-1968) was born in Kansas and educated at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. He did Army service in the Far East during WW2 and became a Sergeant. He married Betty Ogden in 1940 and in 1945 was appointed Education Adviser to the Department of the Army, a position he held till 1963. He wrote or co-wrote sixteen novels under his own name plus three as 'Ellery Queen'. He penned many short stories for a variety of mystery magazines.