M. K. Joseph

Michael Kennedy Joseph (9 July 1914 – 4 October 1981) was a British born New Zealand poet and novelist in several genres ranging from I'll Soldier No More, A Pound of Saffron and A Soldier's Tale to the science fiction works The Hole in the Zero and The Time of Achamoth to a historical novel Kaspar's Journey based on the medieval Children's Crusade. The Hole in the Zero includes the first known use of the word "hoverboard".
Joseph was also a Professor of English at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. In 1969, he edited the 1831 text of Frankenstein for Oxford University Press; in 1980 the text was reissued in the World's Classics series.

• I’ll Soldier No More (1958)
• A Pound of Saffron (1962)
• The Hole in the Zero (1967)
• A Soldier’s Tale (1976)
• The Time of Achamoth (1977)
• Kaspar’s Journey (1988)