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Arthur Stringer
1874–1950
A prolific Canadian-born writer who moved easily between poetry, popular fiction, and early screenwriting, he built a career on storytelling in many forms. His work ranged from verse and novels to Hollywood scripts, helping him become a familiar literary name in the early twentieth century.
12 Audiobooks
The Prairie Mother
by Arthur Stringer
The Prairie Wife
by Arthur Stringer
Twin Tales: Are All Men Alike, and, The Lost Titian
by Arthur Stringer
Phantom Wires: A Novel
by Arthur Stringer
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
by Arthur Stringer
Hephaestus, Persephone at Enna, and Sappho in Leucadia
by Arthur Stringer
Never-Fail Blake
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, on February 26, 1874, Arthur Stringer grew up in southwestern Ontario and began writing young. He studied at the University of Toronto and later at Oxford, and his first published book was the poetry collection Watchers of Twilight and Other Poems in 1894.
Stringer went on to become a remarkably productive author. He wrote dozens of novels along with poetry, articles, and screenplays, and his career eventually carried him from Canada to the United States. His fiction often worked in popular modes such as adventure, mystery, and romance, while his screenwriting linked him to the early film industry.
He died on September 13, 1950, in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Remembered as a versatile and energetic man of letters, he left behind a body of work that shows how comfortably he moved between literary writing and mass entertainment.