David A. Kyle (born February 14, 1919 – died September 18, 2016) was an American science fiction writer and member of science fiction fandom. Along with <a href="/c/books/credit/101178/Martin-Greenberg/">Martin Greenberg</a>, he founded <a href="/c/books/credit/65322/Gnome-Press/">Gnome Press</a> in 1948. He wrote two pictorial histories of science fiction (A Pictorial History of Science Fiction and The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Ideas and Dreams) and three licensed novels set in the <a href="/c/books/credit/233116/Lensman/">Lensman</a> universe (The Dragon Lensman, Lensman from Rigel and Z-Lensman).