George F. (George Frank) Worts

Born in Toledo, Ohio, on March 16, 1892, George F. Worts built a career as a busy and versatile writer of popular fiction. Reliable catalog and reference sources identify him as George Frank Worts, and list him as the author of Peter the Brazen as well as many other works.

He is especially remembered as a pulp-fiction author. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction notes that he also wrote as Loring Brent, and bibliographic sources connect him with adventure and mystery fiction, including the recurring character Singapore Sammy. His fiction appeared widely enough to leave a long trail in library catalogs, reprint programs, and public-domain archives.

Worts also had connections to early film: IMDb credits him as a writer on movies including Madness of Youth (1923), Once a Gentleman (1930), and Absolute Quiet (1936). He died in 1967. A clear, verifiable portrait image was not readily available from the sources I could confirm.