Grant M. (Grant Martin) Overton

Grant Martin Overton was an American writer and critic, born in Patchogue, New York, on September 19, 1887. He attended Princeton University from 1904 to 1906 and went on to build a career in literary journalism and criticism.

Overton wrote across several forms, including novels, essays, and literary studies. His known works include The Women Who Make Our Novels (1918), Why Authors Go Wrong and Other Explanations (1919), Authors of the Day (1924), The Philosophy of Fiction (1928), and edited collections such as The World's One Hundred Best Short Stories and Great Modern Short Stories. That mix of criticism and anthology work suggests a writer deeply interested not just in telling stories, but in explaining and championing them.

From 1924 until his death in 1930, he served as a fiction editor at Collier's. He died in Patchogue on July 4, 1930. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources checked, so a profile image is not included.