Biography
George Clayton Johnson (10 July 1929 – 25 December 2015) was an American science fiction writer. He contributed stories and teleplays to The Twilight Zone (1959), including "A Penny for Your Thoughts", "A Game of Pool", "Nothing in the Dark" and "Kick the Can". He wrote the first televised episode of Star Trek (1966), "The Man Trap", and co-wrote the novel Logan's Run (1967) with William F. Nolan, which was adapted into a 1976 film.
Johnson also wrote the story that formed the basis of the 1960 film Ocean's 11. His other television credits include episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Route 66. He received an Inkpot Award in 1976 and a Balrog Award in 1983.
