Lawrence was born in
Detroit, Michigan in 1918. As a freelance writer in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he wrote scripts for a number of radio shows, including
The Green Hornet and
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. In the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for the
Stratemeyer Syndicate on a number of series (listed in the Bibliography). He briefly wrote the "
Doctor Strange" feature in
Strange Tales #162–166 (Nov. 1967–March 1968) and wrote several
Captain Britain stories in 1977. In the 1970s, he worked for the
Chicago Tribune and the New York News Syndicate with illustrator
Jordi Longarón on the "Friday Foster" comic strip. Later in his career, Lawrence co-wrote two
Infocom interactive fiction games with
Stu Galley:
Seastalker (1984) and
Moonmist (1986). Lawrence died in
Summit, New Jersey in 1994. == Bibliography ==