Known to his friends as
Hal Goodwin, Goodwin wrote
popular science books, mostly about
space exploration, as
Harold L. Goodwin, "Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrote
children's books as
Blake Savage (
Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet) and
John Blaine (the
Rick Brant series). In the latter case, he co-wrote (with Peter J. Harkins) the first three books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself. In 1947, he wrote
The Feathered Cape, a boy's adventure novel set in Hawaii. It was based on events leading up to the
Battle of the Nu'uanu Valley (1795) in the war for Hawaiian unification. He had three sons from two different marriages; Alan, Chris and Derek. He died from cardiac arrest. == References ==