John M. Schealer

Who was John M. Schealer?

John Milton Schealer was an American author of an elementary school astronomy textbook as well as numerous science fiction books for children.

Born in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, Schealer earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943. He published his first children's book Zip-Zip and His Flying Saucer in 1956, the first of three science fiction books to feature spaceboy Zip-Zip.

In 1957, Schealer wrote This Way to the Stars, an astronomy textbook aimed at ten- to fourteen-year-old readers which discussed the history of astronomy.

Schealer also wrote the script for a sound and light festival for the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in St. Augustine, Florida, and was also the founder and past executive vice-president of the Sound and Light Corporation of America.