Paul Wellman

Paul Iselin Wellman (October 15, 1895 — September 17, 1966) was an American journalist, popular history and novel writer, and screenwriter, known for his books of the Wild West: Kansas, Oklahoma, Great Plains. Hollywood movies ''Cheyenne'' (1947) with Jane Wyman, ''The Walls of Jericho'' (1948) with Kirk Douglas, ''The Iron Mistress'' (1952) with Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie, ''Jubal'' (1956) with Ernest Borgnine and Rod Steiger, and ''The Comancheros'' (1961) with John Wayne and Lee Marvin are based on Wellman novels.

Wellman's brother, Manly Wade Wellman, was also a well published author, as was his father, Frederick Creighton Wellman under the pseudonym Cyril Kay-Scott. Another brother, Frederick Lovejoy Wellman, was a noted plant pathologist. Provided by Wikipedia