W. D. Flatt

W. D. Flatt is an obscure author whose books are associated with early twentieth-century Canadian historical and frontier fiction. Available listings credit him with The Making of a Man, published in 1918, and The Trail of Love, a work centered on Canadian pioneers and pioneer life.

The Making of a Man draws on impressions from the author’s boyhood and is described as being largely founded on fact, though its characters are presented in a general rather than strictly personal form. Little reliable biographical information about Flatt’s life has been preserved, so his books remain the clearest record of his interests and literary voice.