Walter Fenton Mott

Walter Fenton Mott was an American writer associated with late 19th-century popular fiction, especially dime novels and boys' adventure stories. Surviving catalog records and digital editions link his name to Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser; or, A Brave Fight Against Odds (1898), a Spanish-American War adventure that remains the work most easily found today.

He is also connected with the Young Sleuth Library, a detective series published by Frank Tousey in New York. Multiple surviving issues in library and archive collections are generally attributed to him, which suggests he was one of the writers contributing to that long-running, fast-paced series rather than an author whose life was carefully documented.

As with many dime-novel authors, biographical details about his personal life are hard to confirm from reliable public sources. What does come through clearly is his place in a lively publishing world built on weekly thrills, patriotic adventure, and mystery tales written for eager young readers.