Howard Breslin

Howard Mary Breslin (23 December 1912 – 30 May 1964) was an American novelist and radio script writer. He mainly wrote novels of historical fiction and is most notable for ''The Tamarack Tree'' and "Bad Time at Honda", a short story that was the basis of the film ''Bad Day at Black Rock''. He also published under the nom de plume Michael Niall. Provided by Wikipedia