W. V. Athanas
Athanas, William Verne
August 13, 1917 – June 21, 1962 (aged 44)
Birth place: Cleft, Idaho, USA
Project Gutenberg lists the author's name as Verne Athanas. The FictionMags Index lists the author as W. Verne Athanas and that he used Bill Coulson as a pseudonym. Both give the above dates for birth and death.