Alexander Beliaev (March 16, 1884, Smolensk, Russia - January 6, 1942, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was born in Smolensk in 1884. As a child he dreamed of flying and decided to make his dream come true. He and climbed to the top of a barn and jumped, seriously injuring his spine. The injury worsened, and by the time he was in his mid-twenties he was suffering constant pain and sudden attacks that would paralyze him for months at a time. But he found a new way to realize his dreams. Under the influence of Verne, Wells, and Tsiolkovski he turned to science fiction, and during the twenties and thirties wrote novels that have made him the most popular of all Russian science fiction writers: PROFESSOR DOWELL'S HEAD, AMPHIBIAN MAN, ARIEL, and THE STAR KETS.
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