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Wadsworth Camp
1879–1936
A journalist, foreign correspondent, and mystery novelist, he wrote fast-moving tales of suspense that also found their way to the screen. His career moved between reporting, war writing, and popular fiction, giving his stories an immediacy that still reads well today.
3 Audiobooks
The Guarded Heights
by Wadsworth Camp
The Abandoned Room
by Wadsworth Camp
The Gray Mask
by Wadsworth Camp
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1879, Charles Wadsworth Camp wrote under the name Wadsworth Camp. He worked as a journalist and foreign correspondent before building a reputation as a novelist, especially in mystery and suspense. His books include Sinister Island, The House of Fear, The Abandoned Room, and The Guarded Heights.
Camp also wrote about World War I, drawing on his experience as a correspondent. Several of his stories were adapted for film, which helped extend his reach beyond print. He died in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1936.
He is also remembered as the father of writer Madeleine L'Engle. That family connection has kept interest alive in a career that linked newspaper work, wartime observation, and early 20th-century popular fiction.