Carl Stephenson
Biography
Carl Stephenson (1893–19??) was a German author best known for his short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants". It was first published in 1938 and has appeared in numerous collections of short stories. It was first adapted into a radio play in 1948 and later the screen as 1954's "The Naked Jungle", directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker.
His exact date of death is unknown.
Hitchcock Fiction Anthologies
- "Leiningen Versus the Ants" novelette in Suspense Stories: Collected by Alfred Hitchcock (1945)
- "Leiningen Versus the Ants" novelette in Alfred Hitchcock's Fireside Book of Suspense Stories (1947)
