author
Earle Ashley Walcott
1859–1931
A California writer with a taste for mystery, he is best remembered today for suspenseful fiction such as Blindfolded. His work often carries readers into a vivid late-19th- and early-20th-century San Francisco full of tension, intrigue, and shadowy motives.
2 Audiobooks
Blindfolded
by Earle Ashley Walcott
The Apple of Discord
by Earle Ashley Walcott
About the author
Born on November 19, 1859, Earle Ashley Walcott was an American author associated with California. Library and public-domain records confirm him as the author of works including Blindfolded and The Open Door, and his fiction has remained available through projects such as Project Gutenberg, Wikisource, and The Online Books Page.
Brief biographical notices describe him as active not only in literary life but also in civic and professional circles in San Francisco, including work connected with civil service and the Commonwealth Club. Those details suggest a writer closely tied to the public life of his city, which helps explain the strong California atmosphere that readers notice in his stories.
Walcott died on January 1, 1931. While detailed modern biographies of him are scarce, his surviving novels still offer an inviting glimpse of an earlier popular fiction tradition: energetic plots, urban mystery, and a strong sense of place.