author
Frederic Arnold Kummer
1873–1943
A prolific early-20th-century storyteller, this American writer moved easily between novels, plays, and screenwriting. He also published under the pen name Arnold Fredericks, and several of his stories found their way to the screen.
6 Audiobooks
The First Days of Man, as Narrated Quite Simply for Young Readers
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
The Film of Fear
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
The Brute
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
The Blue Lights: A Detective Story
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
The Ivory Snuff Box
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
The Green God
by Frederic Arnold Kummer
About the author
Born in Catonsville, Maryland, on August 5, 1873, Frederic Arnold Kummer Sr. was an American author, playwright, and screenwriter whose career stretched across popular fiction and the stage. He wrote in several forms at a time when magazines, theater, and early film often overlapped, which helped make his work widely visible.
Kummer is remembered for his versatility as much as for any single book. In addition to fiction, he wrote plays and screen material, and some of his works were adapted into movies. He also used the pseudonym Arnold Fredericks, a detail that shows how comfortably he worked across different corners of commercial publishing.
He died in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 22, 1943. Today, he is best seen as one of those energetic writers who helped shape popular entertainment in the early decades of the 20th century, moving between print, theater, and film with unusual ease.