C. C. (Charles Carey) Waddell

Charles Carey Waddell was an American author born in 1868 and deceased in 1930. Reliable online references for his life are limited, but booksellers and library-style records connect him with Midnight to High Noon (1929), a mystery-thriller for younger readers published near the end of his life.

Because so little well-sourced biographical material is readily available, it is hard to say much with confidence about his career beyond that surviving publication record. That scarcity itself makes Waddell a curious figure: one of many early 20th-century writers whose work circulated in print, while the details of their life gradually faded from view.

He may also have published under the abbreviated form “C. C. Waddell,” which is how his work is commonly listed today. No clearly suitable, verifiable portrait image could be confirmed from the sources reviewed.