Pat Frank

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Template:Cleanup-verify Pat Frank (May 5, 1909 – October 12, 1964) is the pen name of the American novelist Harry Hart Frank. Frank's most well-known work is the 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas, Babylon, which has become a staple in high school classrooms. However, Alas, Babylon was not Frank's first work; this title belongs to his 1946 novel Mr. Adam, which presents a world where all men are rendered sterile.

Frank's career as a writer started long before he wrote Mr. Adam. At an early point in his life, he worked for newspaper agencies as well as government agencies, performing journalist and information brokering jobs.

Other novels include Hold Back the Night, An Affair of State and Forbidden Area. The first of these was influenced by the authors experiences reporting on the Korean conflict.

He was awarded with the American Heritage Award in 1961.