author
Mark Lee Luther
1872–1951
An early 20th-century American novelist, he wrote popular fiction that crossed into the silent-film era, with works like The Crucible and The Hope Chest adapted for the screen. His books mix romance, social drama, and brisk storytelling in a way that still feels lively.
2 Audiobooks
The Crucible
by Mark Lee Luther
The Henchman
by Mark Lee Luther
About the author
Born in Knowlesville, New York, in 1872, Mark Lee Luther built a career as an American novelist and magazine writer during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Available biographical references describe him as having studied at Harvard and Columbia, and as having worked in journalism as well as fiction.
Luther is remembered for novels including The Favor of Princes, The Henchman, The Mastery, and The Crucible. His stories reached a wider audience through early screen adaptations: The Crucible became a 1914 silent film, and The Hope Chest was first published as a serial before appearing as a novel and a 1918 film adaptation.
He died in 1951. Reliable image sources were not clearly available from the pages I could confirm, so no portrait is included here.