author
W. W. (William Wesley) Walker
1858–1945
A Canadian novelist and clergyman, he wrote fiction that moved between home-front concerns and global events. His surviving books suggest a writer interested in ideas, belief, and the meeting of different cultures.
1 Audiobook
Alter Ego: A Tale
by W. W. (William Wesley) Walker
About the author
Born in Ontario in 1858, William Wesley Walker was a Canadian author whose books appeared in the early 1900s, with Toronto editions linked to publisher William Briggs. Records available online connect him with works including Occident and Orient (1905) and Alter Ego: A Tale (1907).
The surviving descriptions of his fiction suggest wide-ranging interests. Alter Ego is associated with clergy in Canada and the Russo-Japanese War, while the title Occident and Orient points to Walker's curiosity about encounters between Western and Eastern worlds.
Online public-domain and library listings identify him as W. W. Walker, sometimes expanded as William Wesley Walker, with life dates commonly given as 1858–1945. Clear biographical details beyond his publications are limited in the sources I could confirm, but the available record shows a writer who left behind thoughtful, idea-driven fiction from turn-of-the-century Canada.