Kenneth Robeson was the house name used by Street & Smith as the author of their popular character Doc Savage and later The Avenger. Many authors wrote under this name, though most Doc Savage stories were written by the author Lester Dent: William G. Bogart Evelyn Coulson Harold A. Davis Lawrence Donovan Philip José Farmer Alan Hathway W. Ryerson Johnson Will Murray Ron GoulartAll 24 of the Avenger stories were written by Paul Ernst, using the Robeson house name.