Henry Kuttner (April 7 1915 - February 4 1958) was a science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California. He was known for his literary prose and worked in close collaboration with his wife, C. L. Moore. Their work together spanned the 1940's and 1950's and most of the work was credited to pseudonyms, mainly Lewis Padgett and Laurence O'Donnell. Henry Kuttner spent the middle 50's getting his masters degree before dyning of a heart attack in 1958.