David R. Solomon

David R. Solomon (1893–1951) was an American attorney, journalist, military officer, and pulp fiction writer. Born in Meridian, Mississippi, he earned degrees in arts and law from the University of Mississippi before serving as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the First World War. After settling in Birmingham, Alabama, he balanced a successful legal career with contributions to leading magazines of the pulp era, including Weird Tales, Detective Tales, Argosy, and The Black Mask. Though he largely ceased publishing fiction in the mid-1930s, Solomon remained active in civic and veterans’ organizations, becoming a prominent figure in the American Legion.