Larry Evans

Active in the 1910s and early 1920s, Larry Evans was an American writer whose work included novels, short fiction, and plays. His stories appeared in magazines and newspapers, and a number of them were adapted for theater and film, showing how well his storytelling fit the tastes of a wide popular audience.

Among the books linked to his name are Once to Every Man, Then I'll Come Back to You, His Own Home Town, and Winner Take All. His fiction often centers on personal choices, ambition, loyalty, and emotional turning points, which helped make it adaptable to other media.

Evans died in 1925 in Tucson, Arizona. While he is not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, his career offers a vivid glimpse of a period when magazine fiction, novels, stage productions, and silent films were closely connected.