Laurence L. Donovan (July 1885 – 1950) was an American pulp fiction writer who wrote several Doc Savage novels under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson, a pen name that was used by other writers of the same publishing house. However, there are nine Doc Savage novels dully credited to Donovan, published between November 1935 and July 1937.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1885, he worked as a press feeder in Covington, Kentucky before becoming a newspaperman.