Grant Martin Overton
American writer and critic (1887–1930)
Grant Martin Overton (September 19, 1887 – July 4, 1930) was an American writer and critic.
Grant Martin Overton was born in Patchogue, New York,[1] to Ardelia Jarvis (Skidmore) and Floyd Alward Overton.[2] He attended Princeton University from 1904 to 1906.[2] He was a fiction editor at Collier's from 1924 to 1930.[3] Overton died in Patchogue.[4]
Publications
- The Women Who Make Our Novels (1918) [5]
- Mermaid (1920)[6]
- The Answerer (1921)[6]
- World Without End (1921)[6]
- Island of the Innocent (1923)[6]
- The Thousand and First Night (1924)[6]
References
- ^ American Authors and Books (3d ed.). Crown Publishing Group. 1972. ISBN 0-517-50139-2. OCLC 523487.
- ^ a b Kunitz, Stanley; Haycraft, Howard, eds. (1956). Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 1060–1061. OCLC 1151835015.
- ^ Tuck, Donald H., ed. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Vol. 2. Advent. p. 338. ISBN 0-911682-20-1. OCLC 975349.
- ^ "Grant Overton, Author, Dies at 42". The New York Times. July 5, 1930. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
- ^ Overton, Grant M. (1918). The Women Who Make Our Novels. Moffat, Yard & Company, New York.
- ^ a b c d e Smith, Geoffrey D. (1997). American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography. Cambridge University Press. p. 509. ISBN 0-521-43469-6. OCLC 37661469.
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