Franklin Gregory

Franklin Long Gregory was an American writer and newspaperman born in 1905. He earned a journalism degree from the University of Iowa and went on to work for The Philadelphia Record before joining The Star-Ledger of Newark in 1947. He stayed there for 25 years, including about 20 years as chief of the Trenton bureau, and also wrote a weekly column.

Alongside his newspaper career, he published a modest but memorable body of fiction. His two novels were The Cipher of Death (1934) and The White Wolf (1941), and he also wrote a number of shorter stories. The White Wolf is the book most often associated with his name today, admired by later readers for blending supernatural horror with a thoughtful, modern-feeling approach.

Sources located during this search agree on the broad outline of his career, though some secondary pages conflict on the exact year of his death. The most consistent record found here gives his lifespan as 1905–1985.