author
Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
1861–1932
A busy literary life took shape in newspapers, magazines, and fiction, with work that ranged from adventure stories to collaborative novels. His career also links him to one of the best-known American writers of the late 19th century, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
2 Audiobooks
A Republic Without a President, and Other Stories
by Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
A Lost Hero
by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson) Ward
About the author
Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1861, Herbert Dickinson Ward was an American author who studied at Phillips Academy, Andover, and later at Amherst College. He went on to write extensively for newspapers and periodicals as well as books, building a career that moved comfortably between journalism and fiction.
Ward is especially remembered for his literary partnership with his first wife, the novelist Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, whom he married in 1888. Together they wrote several works, and his own writing also included adventure and juvenile fiction, showing a talent for accessible storytelling.
He died in 1932. Although he is less widely read now than some of his contemporaries, his work remains part of the rich magazine and book culture of late 19th- and early 20th-century American literature.