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Arthur Stringer
1874–1950
A prolific storyteller who moved easily between poetry, popular fiction, journalism, and early screenwriting, he helped carry Canadian-born literary talent into American magazines and Hollywood. His career mixed literary ambition with a sharp feel for suspense, adventure, and mass appeal.
12 Audiobooks
The Prairie Mother
by Arthur Stringer
The Prairie Wife
by Arthur Stringer
Phantom Wires: A Novel
by Arthur Stringer
Twin Tales: Are All Men Alike, and, The Lost Titian
by Arthur Stringer
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
by Arthur Stringer
Never-Fail Blake
by Arthur Stringer
Hephaestus, Persephone at Enna, and Sappho in Leucadia
by Arthur Stringer
The Prairie Child
by Arthur Stringer
The Shadow
by Arthur Stringer
The Wire Tappers
by Arthur Stringer
The Silver Poppy
by Arthur Stringer
Open Water
by Arthur Stringer
About the author
Born in Chatham, Ontario, in 1874, Arthur Stringer grew up in southwestern Ontario and studied at the University of Toronto before continuing his education briefly at Oxford. He began publishing poetry in the 1890s, then built a remarkably varied career as a journalist, novelist, and magazine writer.
Stringer went on to publish dozens of books, including poetry, crime and adventure fiction, and novels of frontier and domestic life. He later moved to the United States, where he also wrote for the film industry during the early decades of Hollywood, showing the same versatility on screen that he had shown on the page.
Remembered as one of Canada's notably productive literary figures of his era, he combined high energy with broad range: literary verse, fast-paced popular fiction, and screenwriting all found a place in his work. He died in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, in 1950.