about the author

Milton Geiger of Northridge, California, was a radio script writer and a screenwriter. Some of his plays for radio theater include Twilight Show and In the Fog. He began his career in radio before moving to television, where he regularly wrote scripts for Climax, You Are There, Eternal Light, and Stoney Burke. He wrote the play Edwin Booth, which opened in New York in 1958, featuring actor Jose Ferrer. Geiger also wrote poetry. "I Will Not Go Back" is one of his most well-known poems.