Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.

Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.

As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.

Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 15th December 1899. He was 55.