Impact

by Harry Olesker

Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Harry Olesker received a master’s degree from Columbia University before serving in Army Intelligence during World War II. He began his career as a radio script writer for station WOR [now WWOR-TV], and later was a television producer for the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System. In early 1958, Olesker saw his first novel published, Now, Will You Try for Murder?

From 1963 to 1968 he directed radio and television film production for the American Cancer Society. In April 1969, Harry Olesker died “when his motorcycle and an automobile collided” in the Long Island, New York, town of Roslyn. He was only 46 years old.