Charles Hunt Marshall

Charles Hunt Marshall was an American writer whose work is not widely documented today, but the record that survives shows an interesting range. Project Gutenberg lists him as the author of Horse Laughs (1891), a light comic book of illustrated equestrian humor first published in London by Bemrose & Sons.

A later source on early crime fiction identifies him as Charles Hunt Marshall (1901–1986), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and notes that he later lived in California and worked in the film industry before other jobs outside it. The same source says he co-wrote three mystery novels in the early 1930s under the joint pseudonym Peter Hunt, alongside George Worthing Yates.

Because reliable biographical information on him is sparse, much of Marshall's appeal now comes through the books themselves: sharp, playful, and clearly written for readers who enjoy wit, caricature, and period atmosphere.