Night of Fire and Snow

Alfred Coppel (Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel, 1921- 2004) was an American author.

Born in Oakland, California, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

After his discharge, he started his career as a writer.

He became one of the most prolific pulp authors of the 1950s and 1960s, adopting the pseudonyms Robert Cham Gilman and A.C.

Marin and writing for a variety of pulp magazines and later "e;slick"e; publishers.

Though writing in a variety of genres, including action thrillers, he is known for his science fiction stories which comprise both short stories and novels. "e;Night of Fire and Snow,"e; published in 1957, is a mainstream novel -- an ambitious attempt at "e;the great American novel."e;