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Frederic Stewart Isham
1866–1922
A journalist turned novelist and playwright, he wrote breezy popular fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including romances, adventures, and comedies that later reached the stage and screen. His work captures the lively, theatrical feel of American popular storytelling from that era.
3 Audiobooks
Half A Chance
by Frederic Stewart Isham
Nothing But the Truth
by Frederic Stewart Isham
The Strollers
by Frederic Stewart Isham
About the author
Born in 1866, Frederic Stewart Isham was an American writer who built a career across journalism, fiction, and drama. He worked as a newspaper correspondent before turning to books and plays, and his output ranged from society novels to historical romance and light comedy.
Isham published widely in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Among the works associated with him are The Strollers, Black Friday, The Lady of the Mount, The Social Buccaneer, The Thousand and Second Night, and Three Live Ghosts. That mix of titles helps show his versatility and his taste for brisk, entertaining storytelling.
He died in 1922. Today, he is remembered as a prolific popular author of his time, part of the world of magazine fiction, commercial theater, and early modern mass-market reading.