Jeff Sutton (1913–1979) was an American science fiction writer active in the 1950s and 1960s. Public information about him is limited, and the details of his life and the full range of his work are difficult to trace. Judging from the works that survive, however, he was consistently drawn to the theme of space exploration and was skilled at turning near-future spaceflight into tense, credible narrative. His representative novel First on the Moon centers on a lunar mission and is marked by vivid technical detail and a strong sense of adventure, reflecting the imagination and enthusiasm that Cold War-era American science fiction brought to the space race. Though his output was not large, his work left a certain impression on readers of this subject and he stands as one of the participants in the space science fiction current of his time.
