Noel Bertram Gerson was an American author who wrote 325 books, including several best sellers, and two that were made into movies, *The Naked Maja* and *55 Days at Peking*.

Gerson used the following ten pseudonyms in addition to his own name: Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Samuel Edwards; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Dana Fuller Ross; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan. - Wikipedia