About
An American journalist, fiction writer, and poet, he is known for his popular novel, Kitty Foyle (1939), which was adapted into a film. He is also famous for Thunder on the Left (1925) and The Haunted Bookshop (1919).
Before Fame
After graduating from Haverford College and New College, Oxford, he worked at Doubleday.
Trivia
He published a 1912 poetry collection entitled The Eighth Sin.
Family Life
He raised one son and three daughters with his wife, Helen Booth Fairchild.
Associated With
His 1939 novel, Kitty Foyle, was made into a feature film by director Sam Wood.
