J. F. (Joy Ferris) Hutton

Joy Ferris Hutton (1912–1981), usually published as J. F. Hutton, was an American author whose surviving bibliographic record points mainly to mystery fiction. Library catalogs and reader databases connect the name with the novel Too Good to Be True, which has also appeared under the titles The Dolphin Mystery and Dead Man Friday.

Project Gutenberg lists Hutton as the author of Justice, a science-fiction short story, showing that the work ranged beyond straight mystery at least once. That mix of crime fiction and pulp-era speculative storytelling gives the name a small but interesting place in mid-century popular fiction.

Reliable biographical details beyond the basic name and dates are scarce in the sources available here, so much of Hutton's personal life remains obscure. What is clear is that the work has continued to circulate through public-domain archives and library records, allowing new readers to rediscover an author who wrote tense, plot-driven entertainment.