F. A. (Frank Alfred) Robinson

Known in print as F. A. Robinson, Frank Alfred Robinson was a Canadian writer born in 1874. He is credited with works including Trail-Tales of Western Canada and Mastered Men.

The available records suggest that Trail-Tales of Western Canada was published in Toronto and presents narrative pieces rooted in Western Canadian life. Mastered Men, published in 1922, was introduced by Charles W. Gordon, better known as Ralph Connor, which places Robinson in the orbit of religious and moral storytelling popular in Canada at the time.

Reliable biographical detail beyond his birth year is scarce in the sources I found, so much of his life remains unclear. What does come through is the character of his work: practical, story-driven writing shaped by the Canadian West and by strong interest in faith, character, and lived experience.