Henry Milner Rideout

Born in Calais, Maine, Henry Milner Rideout was an American author, editor, and teacher who lived from 1877 to 1927. He graduated from Harvard in 1899 and taught English there for several years before turning more fully to writing.

Rideout published a substantial body of work, including sixteen novels, more than twenty short stories and novellas, and a biographical memoir. Many of his stories appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, which helped make his fiction familiar to a broad readership.

His career reflects the path of an early twentieth-century man of letters: academically trained, active in editing as well as authorship, and comfortable moving between books and magazines. Though not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, he left behind a varied and energetic body of writing.