Neil Martin was born in San Francisco, California in 1885. At an early age he became a merchant seaman and sailed to ports on six continents. In 1913 he left the sea and married Vivian Boster. They...view moreNeil Martin was born in San Francisco, California in 1885. At an early age he became a merchant seaman and sailed to ports on six continents. In 1913 he left the sea and married Vivian Boster. They had two sons, Floyd and Ed. In the 1920s he moved his family to Gulfport, Mississippi, where he lived for the remainder of his life. In the last half of the 1920s Neil began a career as a pulp fiction writer, and for the next quarter of a century he sold more than two hundred stories to various publications in that market. Neil Martin passed away in 1963.view less