In the 1930s he was employed as a writer on Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects, including a New York City Guidebook, before becoming editor of Detective Fiction Weekly.
:Once Upon A Star is also the title of a collection of science fiction stories by Kendell Foster Crossen
Kendell Foster Crossen (1910–1981), American writer who used the pen-name Richard Foster
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During the early 1940s, Gold teamed with Kendell Foster Crossen on comic book scripts, freelancing with DC Comics writing for Batman, Superman, Superboy, Boy Commandos and Wonder Woman from "roughly the end of 1942" until World War II interrupted his career.