author
George Bronson-Howard
1884–1922
A fast-moving early 20th-century writer, playwright, and screenwriter, he worked across novels, magazines, Broadway, and silent film. His adventure stories, especially the Yorke Norroy spy tales, helped carry his work onto both the stage and the screen.
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The Red Light of Mars; or, A Day in the Life of the Devil A Philosophical Comedy
by George Bronson-Howard
About the author
Born in Maryland on January 7, 1884, George Bronson-Howard built a varied writing career in a remarkably short life. He wrote fiction, plays, journalism, and screen material, and several of his works were adapted for film during the silent era.
He is especially remembered for adventure and spy fiction, including stories featuring the character Yorke Norroy. Alongside his prose work, he also received credit for Broadway writing, showing how easily he moved between popular fiction and the theater.
Bronson-Howard died in Los Angeles on November 20, 1922, at just 38 years old. Even with that brief career, he left behind a body of work that reflects the energetic, cross-media storytelling of his time.