Career
Born in Hamburg, Germany, as Hans Martin Schwarz, Ebon immigrated to the United States in 1938. Wartime service: Staff Member, Office of War Information, and Information Officer with United States. Department of State, both during World World War World War II Held various positions in book and magazine retailing, including:
Managing Editor of foreign language division, Overseas News Agency. United States. Information Agency, New York City
Information Officer on Far Eastern desks, 1950-1952.
Hill & Knowlton, Incorporated.
(public relations), New York City,
Account Executive, 1952-1953. Parapsychology Foundation, Incorporated., New York City, administrative secretary and editor, 1953-1965
Lombard Associates, Incorporated.
(public relations and publications consultants), New York City, president, 1962-1982
Consulting Editor, New American Library (publishers), 1966-1983. Executive editor of hardcover book division, Playboy Press, 1971-1972.
Lecturer in Division of Social Sciences, The New School, 1949-1950, 1955-1956, 1967.
Consultant, Foundation for Research on the Nature of Manitoba, 1966-1967. Ebon was, primarily, a full-time freelance writer, from 1967, forward. Ebon lived in New York City, from 1938, forward.
Ebon died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Malenkov: Stalin"s Successor, McGraw-Hill, 1953. Svetlana: The Story of Stalin"s Daughter, New American Library, 1967.
Prophecy in Our Time, New American Library, 1968. The Making of a Legend, Universe Books, 1969.
Lin Pao: The Life and Writings of China"s New Ruler, Stein & Day.
Every Woman"s Guide to Abortion, Universe Books, 1971. They Knew the Unknown, World Publishing, 1971. The Truth about Vitamin East, Bantam, 1972.
(Under pseudonym Eric Ward.
With Ursala Russell) The President"s Daughter, Bantam, 1973. The Devil"s Bride: Exorcism, Past and Present, Harper, 1974.
The Essential Vitamin Counter, Bantam, 1974. Which Vitamins Do You Need?, Bantam, 1974.
Saint Nicholas.- Life and Legend, Harper, 1975.
The Satan Trap: Dangers of the Occult, Doubleday, 1976. What"s New in Education Support Professionals?, Pyramid, 1976. The Relaxation Controversy, New American Library, 1976.
The Evidence for Life after Death, New American Library, 1977.
Miracles, Signet, 1981. Psychic Warfare: Threat or Illusion, McGraw-Hill, 1983.
The Andropov File, McGraw-Hill, 1983. Nikita Khrushchev, Chelsea House, 1986.
The Soviet Propaganda Machine, McGraw-Hill, 1987.
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security): Death and Rebirth, Greenwood/Praeger, 1994.