author
Perley Poore Sheehan
1875–1943
A newspaperman turned novelist and screenwriter, he moved easily from mystery and adventure fiction into the early film industry. His career stretched from magazine stories and novels to silent-era screenplays and directing work in Hollywood.
2 Audiobooks
The Ten-foot Chain; or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium
by Achmed Abdullah, Max Brand, E. K. (Eldred Kurtz) Means, Perley Poore Sheehan
Three sevens : A detective story
by Perley Poore Sheehan
About the author
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 7, 1875, Perley Poore Sheehan built an unusually varied writing life. He studied at Union College, worked in journalism, and went on to become known as a novelist, pulp-fiction writer, screenwriter, and film director.
His fiction ranged across detective, adventure, fantasy, and weird tales. Among the works still remembered are The Abyss of Wonders and The Red Road to Shamballah, and his stories also appeared in popular magazines of the day. That mix of imagination and fast-moving storytelling helped make his work a natural fit for the emerging movie business.
Sheehan later became active in silent-era film, writing for and sometimes directing motion pictures, including work associated with The Lost City and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He died in Sierra Madre, California, on September 30, 1943, leaving behind a career that connected pulp fiction, popular novels, and early American cinema.