Edward Willett

Edward Willett was an American writer born in 1830 and died in 1889. Reliable catalog and bibliography records identify him as a dime-novel author, and they also link him to the pseudonym J. Stanley Henderson.

Surviving bibliographic listings show a remarkably large body of popular fiction associated with his name. His stories include frontier adventures, boy-hero tales, and many war narratives such as Bob Brandt, Patriot and Spy, Old Bill Woodworth, the Scout of the Cumberland, and The Vicksburg Spy.

Although detailed personal information appears to be scarce in easily available sources, his publishing record suggests a writer deeply involved in the mass-market fiction boom of the 1800s. Today, he is best remembered through the long shelf of story papers and dime novels that carried his work to a wide audience.