Laura Spencer Portor Pope

Laura Spencer Portor Pope (4 February 1872 – 1957) was an American journalist and author of short stories and several books. She is known as the co-author with Dorothy Giles of two science fiction novels, The valley of creeping men and Chattering gods (1931), both of which appeared under the pseudonym "Rayburn Crawley."

Biographical facts Laura Spencer Portor married Francis Pope, but she continued to use the name "Laura Spencer Portor" for all her professional publications except the two science novels which she co-authored. She published articles and short stories in Woman's Home Companion, Harper's Magazine, The Outlook, The Dial and several other magazines.

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