Earl Conrad (1912 – 1986), birth name Cohen, was an author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the biography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways.
He was born and educated in Auburn, New York. Earl Conrad and his wife, Anna Alyse Conrad, lived in San Francisco at least during the 1971-1972 period. In the early 1980s, they lived in Coronado, California. Some of his papers are in the local history collection of the Cayuga Community College in Auburn.
Earl Conrad has also penned these following works under his name, or with collaboration.