For the "real world" article on the writer, please see Jerry Sohl.
Jerry Sohl was a science fiction writer in the 1950s who wrote the story "The Corbomite Maneuver", which was published in the March 1953 issue of Incredible Tales magazine. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
Jerry Sohl is an homage to the original "The Corbomite Maneuver" writer Jerry Sohl.