Farrar & Rinehart
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Farrar & Rinehart was a United States book publishing company founded in New York. Farrar & Rinehart enjoyed success with both nonfiction and novels, notably, the landmark Rivers of America Series
and the first ten books in the Nero Wolfe
corpus of Rex Stout
. In 1943 the company was recognized with the first Carey-Thomas Award for creative publishing presented by Publishers Weekly
.
, with Doubleday, Page & Company in 1927. Mary Roberts Rinehart
supported her sons and their company by leaving Doubleday, Doran; her bestselling mysteries became a mainstay of the new imprint.
"We will never grow so large that all members of the firm cannot read and be interested in any book we publish," Farrar said. "While we believe in applying journalistic methods to publishing we feel that … there is a need for literature that is written in quiet places and that is brought to the public with dignity."
Farrar & Rinehart became one of the most successful publishing houses of its era. Its bestsellers included Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse
(1933), which sold more than two million hardcover copies.
In February 1943 Farrar & Rinehart received the first Carey-Thomas Award for creative publishing from Publishers Weekly
. Named for U.S. publishers Mathew Carey
and Isaiah Thomas
, the award recognized good publishing — "the creative idea, cooperation with the writer, careful production and imagination and successful marketing." The Manhattan publisher won the award for seven volumes of the Rivers of America Series
, which was found to be "the best example of creative publishing in the year 1942."
In 1946 Farrar departed for a new venture with Roger Straus
, a firm that became Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Farrar & Rinehart was renamed Rinehart & Company
.
Rivers of America Series
The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers, for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years.- History :...
and the first ten books in the Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe
Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created in 1934 by the American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe's confidential assistant Archie Goodwin narrates the cases of the detective genius. Stout wrote 33 novels and 39 short stories from 1934 to 1974, with most of them set in New York City. Wolfe's...
corpus of Rex Stout
Rex Stout
Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the...
. In 1943 the company was recognized with the first Carey-Thomas Award for creative publishing presented by Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
.
History
Farrar & Rinehart was founded in June 1929 by John C. Farrar (vice president) and Stanley M. Rinehart (president), in partnership with Frederick R. Rinehart. In forming the company, Farrar and the Rineharts left the massive Doubleday, Doran publishing house, the result of a merger between their mutual employer, the George H. Doran CompanyGeorge H. Doran Company
George H. Doran Company was an American book publishing company established by George Henry Doran. He organized the company in Toronto and moved it to New York City on February 22, 1908....
, with Doubleday, Page & Company in 1927. Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing...
supported her sons and their company by leaving Doubleday, Doran; her bestselling mysteries became a mainstay of the new imprint.
"We will never grow so large that all members of the firm cannot read and be interested in any book we publish," Farrar said. "While we believe in applying journalistic methods to publishing we feel that … there is a need for literature that is written in quiet places and that is brought to the public with dignity."
Farrar & Rinehart became one of the most successful publishing houses of its era. Its bestsellers included Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse
Anthony Adverse is a 1936 American drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney is based on the sprawling 1,224-page novel of the same title by Hervey Allen.-Plot:...
(1933), which sold more than two million hardcover copies.
In February 1943 Farrar & Rinehart received the first Carey-Thomas Award for creative publishing from Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
. Named for U.S. publishers Mathew Carey
Mathew Carey
Mathew Carey was an Irish-born American publisher and economist.-Early days:Carey came from a middle-class family and was born in Dublin in 1760. He entered the bookselling and printing business in 1775, and when still only seventeen published a pamphlet criticizing dueling...
and Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas , was an American newspaper publisher and author. He performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts and reported the first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord...
, the award recognized good publishing — "the creative idea, cooperation with the writer, careful production and imagination and successful marketing." The Manhattan publisher won the award for seven volumes of the Rivers of America Series
Rivers of America Series
The Rivers of America Series is a landmark series of books on American rivers, for the most part written by literary figures rather than historians. The series spanned three publishers and thirty-seven years.- History :...
, which was found to be "the best example of creative publishing in the year 1942."
In 1946 Farrar departed for a new venture with Roger Straus
Roger W. Straus, Jr.
Roger Williams Straus, Jr. was co-founder and chairman of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a New York book publishing company, and member of the Guggenheim family.-Early life:...
, a firm that became Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Farrar & Rinehart was renamed Rinehart & Company
Rinehart & Company
Rinehart & Company, an American publishing company, was the successor to Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. In 1946, following the departure of John C. Farrar, the company was renamed Rinehart & Company. The brothers Stanley M. Rinehart and Frederick R. Rinehart continued to operate the company until its...
.
Authors
Authors' names are followed by their known dates of association with Farrar & Rinehart.- Dorothy AldisDorothy Aldis- Partial bibliography :*Jane's Father *Time at Her Heels *Dark Summer *Everything and Anything - Partial bibliography :*Jane's Father (1929)*Time at Her Heels (1937)*Dark Summer (1947)*Everything and Anything - Partial bibliography :*Jane's Father (1929)*Time at Her Heels (1937)*Dark Summer...
(1931) - Alexander, Grand Duke of RussiaGrand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of RussiaGrand Duke Alexander Mihailovich of Russia, Александр Михайлович Aleksandr Mihailovits was a dynast of the Russian Empire, a naval officer, an author, explorer, the brother-in-law of Emperor Nicholas II, and an advisor of the said Emperor.-Biography: Alexander was born the son of Grand Duke...
(1933) - Felipe AlfauFelipe AlfauFelipe Alfau was a Catalan American novelist and poet. Like his contemporaries Luigi Pirandello and Flann O'Brien, Alfau is considered a forerunner of later postmodern writers such as Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Pynchon, Donald Barthelme, and Gilbert Sorrentino.Born in Barcelona, Alfau emigrated...
(1936) - Hervey AllenHervey AllenWilliam Hervey Allen was an American author.-Biography:He graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1915, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity....
(1933–1945) - Hugo Fernández ArtucioHugo Fernández ArtucioHugo Fernández Artucio was a Uruguayan teacher of philosophy, historian and politician.-Earlier career:He was an editor of Free World magazine in New York...
(1942) - Mariano AzuelaMariano AzuelaMariano Azuela González was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910...
(1932) - Faith BaldwinFaith BaldwinFaith Baldwin was a very successful U.S. author of romance and fiction, publishing some 100 novels, often concentrating on women juggling career and family...
(1932–1935) - Larry Barretto (1932–1947)
- Lily Adams BeckElizabeth Louisa MoresbyElizabeth Louisa Moresby was a British-born novelist who became the first prolific, female fantasy writer in Canada....
(1927–1928) - Harry Bedwell (1942)
- Stephen Vincent BenetStephen Vincent BenétStephen Vincent Benét was an American author, poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body , for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "By...
(1933–1943) - S.N. Behrman (1931–1933)
- Allan L. Benson (1929)
- Caryl BrahmsCaryl BrahmsCaryl Brahms, born Doris Caroline Abrahams was an English critic, novelist, and journalist specialising in the theatre and ballet. She also wrote film, radio and television scripts....
and
S.J. Simon (1940) - Dorothea BrandeDorothea BrandeDorothea Brande was a well-respected writer and editor in New York.She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago , and the University of Michigan...
(1935) - Myron BrinigMyron BrinigMyron Brinig was a Jewish-American author who wrote twenty-one novels from 1929 to 1958.-Early life and education:...
(1930–1945) - George Britt (1935)
- Ben Lucien BurmanBen Lucien BurmanBen Lucien Burman was an American author and journalist born in Covington, Kentucky. He also fought in both World War I and World War II, and graduate from Harvard University...
(1933) - Maxwell Struthers BurtMaxwell Struthers BurtMaxwell Struthers Burt , was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer.-Life:...
(1938) - James Branch CabellJames Branch CabellJames Branch Cabell, ; April 14, 1879 – May 5, 1958) was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis. His works were considered escapist and fit well in the culture of the 1920s, when his...
(1938) - Alice Campbell (1930)
- Henry Seidel CanbyHenry Seidel CanbyHenry Seidel Canby was a critic, editor, and Yale University professor.Canby was born in Wilmington, Delaware and attended Wilmington Friends School...
(1934) - Robert CantwellRobert CantwellRobert Emmett Cantwell was a novelist and critic. His most notable work, The Land of Plenty, focuses on a lumber mill in a thinly disguised version of his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington....
(1931–1934) - Carl CarmerCarl CarmerCarl Lamson Carmer was an author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels, many of which focused on Americana such as myths, folklore, and tales. His most famous book, Stars Fell on Alabama, was an autobiographical story of the time he spent living in Alabama...
(1930–1946) - Roy Chanslor (1931)
- Henry Chapin (1934)
- Agatha ChristieAgatha ChristieDame Agatha Christie DBE was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections , and her successful West End plays.According to...
(1944) - Thomas D. ClarkThomas D. ClarkThomas Dionysius Clark was perhaps Kentucky's most notable historian. Clark saved from destruction a large portion of Kentucky's printed history, which later become a core body of documents in the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives...
(1942–1943) - Mabel Cleland (1932)
- Robert P.T. Coffin (1939)
- ColetteColetteColette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette . She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.-Early life and marriage:Colette was born to retired military officer Jules-Joseph...
(1935) - Marc ConnellyMarc ConnellyMarcus Cook Connelly was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist. He was a key member of the Algonquin Round Table, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930.-Biography:...
(1929–1930) - Barbara CooneyBarbara CooneyBarbara Cooney was an American children's author and illustrator of more than 200 books and double Caldecott Medalist. She has written books for six decades...
(1941) - Courtney Ryley CooperCourtney Ryley CooperCourtney Ryley Cooper was an American circus performer, publicist and writer. During his career he published over 30 books, many focusing on crime; J. Edgar Hoover considered him at one time "the best informed man on crime in the U...
(1931) - John CournosJohn CournosJohn Cournos , a writer of Russian-Jewish background, was born in the Ukraine, whence his family emigrated when he was aged 10. During the 1910s and 1920s, he lived in Britain, where his literary career started...
(1933) - Elizabeth Daly (1940–1943)
- Julian Dana (1939)
- Clemence DaneClemence DaneClemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton , an English novelist and playwright.-Life and career:...
and
Helen de Guerry SimpsonHelen de Guerry SimpsonHelen de Guerry Simpson was an Australian novelist.-Life and career:Simpson was born in Sydney into a family that had been settled in New South Wales for over 100 years... - Clyde Brion DavisClyde Brion DavisClyde Brion Davis was an American author and freelance journalist active from the mid-1920s until his death. Davis is best known for his novels The Anointed and The Great American Novel, though he authored more than 15 books.Clyde Brion Davis was born on May 22, 1894, in Unadilla, Nebraska, to...
(1937–1947) - Owen DavisOwen DavisOwen Gould Davis, Sr. was an American dramatist. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1923 play Icebound, and penned hundreds of plays and scripts for radio and film. Before the First World War, he also wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette...
(1931) - Guy EndoreGuy EndoreSamuel Guy Endore , born Samuel Goldstein and also known as Harry Relis, was a novelist and screenwriter. During his career he produced a wide array of novels, screenplays, and pamphlets, both published and unpublished...
(1930–1933) - Elizabeth EnrightElizabeth EnrightElizabeth Enright was an American children's author and illustrator. She was born in Oak Park, Illinois.-Life:Her father, Walter J...
(1938) - Dale Eunson (1935)
- Allen Field (1932)
- Temple Field (1931)
- Hulbert FootnerHulbert FootnerHulbert Footner was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction.- Early career :He was born William Hulbert Footner in Hamilton, Ontario, and traveled to New York in 1898. In the United States, he attempted an acting career, which he eventually gave up on...
(1944) - Leslie Ford (1935–1937)
- Henry James Forman (1936)
- Peter FreuchenPeter FreuchenPeter Freuchen, born Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist.-Biography:...
(1935) - Robert Dean FrisbieRobert Dean FrisbieRobert Dean Frisbie was an American writer of travel literature about Polynesia.-Life:...
(1939) - David Frome (1935)
- Tom GillThomas Harvey GillThomas Harvey Gill was a leader in American forestry, adventurer, writer of popular fiction and editor of an academic journal.-Forester:...
(1933–1939) - Henry J. Glintenkamp (1932)
- Louis GoldingLouis GoldingLouis Golding was a British writer, very famous in his time especially for his novels, though he is now largely neglected; he wrote also short stories, essays, fantasies, travel books and poetry....
(1937) - Douglas GoldringDouglas GoldringDouglas Goldring was a British writer and journalist.-Life:He was born in Greenwich, England. He was educated initially at Hurstpierpoint, Magdalen College School and for his secondary education Felsted...
(1928) - Herbert Gorman (1929–1945)
- C.W. Grafton (1943)
- Gordon Grant (1936)
- Frank GruberFrank GruberFrank Gruber may refer to:*Frank Gruber , American writer*Frank Gruber , entrepreneur and new media journalist...
(1940–1941) - Ricardo GüiraldesRicardo GüiraldesRicardo Güiraldes was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel Don Segundo Sombra, set amongst the gauchos.-Life:...
(1935) - Richard Hagopian (1944)
- Donal Hamilton Haines (1939)
- Edith Key Haines (1931)
- John Hays HammondJohn Hays HammondJohn Hays Hammond was a famous mining engineer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Known as the man with the midas touch, he amassed a sizable fortune before the age of 40. An early advocate of deep-level mining, Hammond was given complete charge of Cecil Rhodes' mines in South Africa and made each...
(1935) - T. Swann Harding (1931)
- Eric HatchEric S. HatchEric S. Hatch was an American writer on the staff of The New Yorker and a novelist and screenwriter best known for his book 1101 Park Avenue that became a hit film under the title My Man Godfrey....
(1930) - Walter HavighurstWalter HavighurstWalter Edwin Havighurst , critic, novelist, literary and social historian of the Midwest, professor of English at Miami University.- History :...
(1937–1944) - Robert HenriquesRobert HenriquesRobert David Quixano Henriques was a British writer, broadcaster and farmer. He gained modest renown for two award-winning novels and two biographies of Jewish business tycoons, published during the middle part of the 20th century.-Life and career:Robert Henriques was born in 1905 to one of the...
(1943) - Elizabeth Hamilton Herbert (1934)
- Dorothy HeywardDorothy HeywardDorothy Heyward Dorothy Heyward Dorothy Heyward (née Kuhns, (June 6, 1890 – November 19, 1961) was an American playwright.Born in Wooster, Ohio, she was married to the author DuBose Heyward, and adapted several of his scripts for the stage, including Porgy.-External links:...
(1932) - Dubose HeywardDuBose HeywardEdwin DuBose Heyward was a white American author best known for his 1925 novel Porgy. This novel was the basis for the play by the same name and, in turn, the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin.-Life and career:Heyward was born in 1885 in Charleston, South Carolina and was a...
(1929–1932) - R.C. Hutchinson (1935)
- Baroness Shidzue Ishimoto (1935)
- Charles R. JacksonCharles R. JacksonCharles Reginald Jackson was an American author, best known for his 1944 novel The Lost Weekend.-Career:Jackson's first published story, "Palm Sunday", appeared in the Partisan Review in 1939...
(1944) - Cora Jarrett (1935)
- Hugh MacNair Kahler (1931)
- George S. KaufmanGeorge S. KaufmanGeorge Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers...
and
Moss HartMoss HartMoss Hart was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.-Early years:...
(1930) - Sophie KerrSophie KerrSophie Kerr was a prolific writer of the early 20th century whose stories about smart, ambitious women mirrored her own evolution from small-town girl to successful career woman...
(1931) - Page Kirby (1931–1941)
- Alexander Laing (1934)
- Alan LeMay (1937)
- Wells Lewis (1939)
- Norman LindsayNorman LindsayNorman Alfred William Lindsay was an Australian artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeler, and boxer. He was born in Creswick, Victoria....
(1936) - Victoria Lincoln (1930)
- Malcolm Edgeworth Little (1934)
- Robert H. Lowie (1934)
- Laetitia McDonald (1934)
- Marguerite McIntire (1942)
- George Mackaness (1931)
- Helene Magaret (1940)
- Pierre Marcelin and
Phillippe Thoby-Marcelin (1944) - Ludwig MarcuseLudwig MarcuseProfessor Ludwig Marcuse , was a philosopher and writer of Jewish origin....
(1933) - Groucho MarxGroucho MarxJulius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born...
(1930) - Paul Wilhelm Massing (1935)
- Cecile Hulse MatschatCecile Hulse MatschatCecile Hulse Matschat was an American author, geographer and botanist. Matschat primarily was a writer of books on gardens, gardening and the Okefenokee Swamp. Her book, Suwanee River: Strange Green Land provided rare insight into the society and history of the people of the Okefenokee Swamp...
(1938–1944) - Beatrice Burton MorganBeatrice BurtonBeatrice Burton , also known as Beatrice Burton Morgan, was a writer of romance fiction popular over the early decades of the twentieth century.-Career:Very little about her life is known...
(1933) - Nigel Morland (1938)
- John Nicol (1936)
- Kenyon NicholsonKenyon NicholsonKenyon Nicholson was an American playwright and screenwriter.-Career:Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Nicholson was graduate of Wabash College. He relocated to New York to further his work as a playwright. His play, The Barker, was made into several movies under different titles and was one of...
and
Charles Robinson (1933) - Charles NorrisCharles Gilman NorrisChuck Gilman Norris was a U.S. novelist.He was the brother of novelist Frank Norris, and the husband of author Kathleen Norris. A native of Chicago, Norris worked as a journalist for some years before finding success as a novelist and playwright. His first book was The Amateur 1916...
(1935) - Otto NuckelOtto NückelOtto Nückel was a German painter, graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist. He best known as one the 20th century's pioneer wordless novelist, along with Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward.- Life :...
(1930) - Fulton OurslerFulton OurslerCharles Fulton Oursler was an American journalist, playwright, editor and writer. Writing as Anthony Abbot, he was an notable author of mysteries and detective fiction.-Life:...
(1937–1943) - Elizabeth Page (1930–1939)
- W.T. Palmer (1932)
- Forbes Parkhill (1945)
- Innis Patterson (1930)
- Melville Davisson Post (1930)
- Ezra PoundEzra PoundEzra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
(1933–1937) - Dawn PowellDawn PowellDawn Powell was an American writer of novels and stories.-Biography:Powell was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio, a village 45 miles north of Columbus and the county seat of Morrow County. Powell regularly gave her birth year as 1897 but primary documents support the earlier date...
(1929–1938) - John Hyde Preston (1930)
- Henry F. Pringle (1939)
- Fred Puleston (1930)
- Terence RattiganTerence RattiganSir Terence Mervyn Rattigan CBE was one of England's most popular 20th-century dramatists. His plays are generally set in an upper-middle-class background...
(1938) - J.B. Rhine (1934–1937)
- Mary Roberts RinehartMary Roberts RinehartMary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase. She is considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing...
(1929–1946) - Selma Robinson (1931)
- Andy Rooney (1944–1946)
- Thomas Rourke (1931–1933)
- Robert Rylee (1935–1937)
- Margaret SangerMargaret SangerMargaret Higgins Sanger was an American sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. Sanger coined the term birth control, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established Planned Parenthood...
(1931) - Malcolm SavilleMalcolm SavilleLeonard Malcolm Saville was an English author born in Hastings, Sussex. He is best known for the Lone Pine series of children's books, many of which are set in Shropshire. His work places emphasis on place, with the books including many vivid descriptions of English countryside, villages and...
(1945) - Mark SaxtonMark SaxtonMark Saxton was an American author and editor. He is chiefly remembered for helping edit for publication Austin Tappan Wright’s Utopian novel Islandia, and for his own three sequels to Wright’s work.-Life:...
(1939–1943) - Leo W. Schwarz (1933–1943)
- Upton SinclairUpton SinclairUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
(1931–1938) - William Sloane (1937)
- Floyd Benjamin StreeterFloyd Benjamin StreeterFloyd Benjamin Streeter was an American historian and writer best known for his biography of Ben Thompson.Floyd Benjamin Streeter was a historian and librarian of Hays City Kansas State College . Streeter wrote a number of books on topics related to the Old West...
(1941) - D.E. Stevenson (1939)
- Phil StongPhil StongPhilip Duffield Stong was an American author, journalist and Hollywood scenarist. He is best known for writing the novel State Fair, on which three films and one musical by that name were based....
(1937–1942) - Rex StoutRex StoutRex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Stout is best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the...
(1931–1944) - William L. Stuart (1945)
- Ruth Suckow (1934–1942)
- Frank Swinnerton (1934)
- Arthur Benson Tourtellot (1941)
- Thomas Frederic TweedThomas Frederic TweedLieutenant-Colonel Thomas Frederic Tweed MC was a British soldier and novelist.He was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers. He won the Military Cross in World War I and at the age of 26 was named the youngest lieutenant colonel in the British Army at the time. He became a political adviser...
(1933) - Frank Waters (1942)
- Francis Walton (1935–1945)
- Lynd WardLynd WardLynd Kendall Ward was an American artist and storyteller, and son of Methodist minister and prominent political organizer Harry F. Ward. He illustrated some 200 juvenile and adult books...
(1930) - Alec WaughAlec WaughAlexander Raban Waugh , was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher...
(1941) - Evelyn WaughEvelyn WaughArthur Evelyn St. John Waugh , known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, travel books and biographies. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer...
(1932–1934) - Frederick Way Jr.Frederick Way Jr.Fredrick Way, Jr. was the youngest steamboat captain on the Ohio River and Mississippi River. He was the author of books on the boats that ply the inland waterways...
(1942–1943) - Garnett Weston (1933)
- E.B. White (1931)
- Margaret WiddemerMargaret WiddemerMargaret Widdemer was a U.S. poet and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1919 for her collection The Old Road to Paradise, sharing the prize with Carl Sandburg, who won for his collection Corn Huskers.-Biography:Margaret Widdemer was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and grew up...
(1930–1945) - Fredric Wight (1935–1937)
- Harry Emerson WildesHarry Emerson WildesHarry Emerson Wildes an American sociologist, historian and writer who is best known for his biographies of William Penn, George Fox and Anthony Wayne-History:...
(1943) - Christa WinsloeChrista WinsloeChrista Winsloe was a 20th century German-Hungarian novelist, playwright and sculptor, best known for her play Gestern und heute, filmed in 1931 as Mädchen in Uniform and the 1958 remake.- Biography :...
(1933) - Cornell WoolrichCornell WoolrichCornell George Hopley-Woolrich was an American novelist and short story writer who sometimes wrote under the pseudonyms William Irish and George Hopley....
(1945) - Austin Tappan WrightAustin Tappan WrightAustin Tappan Wright was an American legal scholar and author, best remembered for his major work of Utopian fiction, Islandia...
(1942) - Philip Wylie (1931–1944)