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Arthur Sullivant Hoffman
1876–1966
Best known as the longtime editor of Adventure magazine, he helped shape one of the most admired pulp magazines of the early 20th century. He also wrote on the craft of storytelling, leaving behind a practical guide for fiction writers.
1 Audiobook
Fundamentals of fiction writing
by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman
About the author
Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1876, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman became an influential American magazine editor and writer. He is most closely associated with Adventure, the pulp magazine he edited from 1912 to 1927, a period often remembered as the magazine’s high point.
Beyond magazine work, Hoffman wrote Fundamentals of Fiction Writing, a clear, practical book on storytelling that still interests readers curious about early 20th-century ideas of craft. His career connected him with a wide range of popular writers and publishing circles of his day.
Hoffman died in 1966. Today he is remembered less as a novelist than as a shaping force behind popular adventure fiction, with a lasting reputation among readers and historians of pulp magazines.