William D. (William David) Moffat

While still an undergraduate at Princeton, he began publishing books for adolescent boys and went on to build a career that connected writing with publishing. Later in life, he was also known as a publisher, and a memorial record places his death on September 29, 1946, at age 81.

His fiction includes works such as Not Without Honor and The Crimson Banner: A Story of College Baseball. Contemporary editions and surviving magazine records show that he wrote in the energetic, moral, youth-centered style that was especially popular with young readers of his era.

Reliable biographical details about his personal life are fairly limited online, but the available record clearly points to an author who was active in boys' fiction and school stories, with a special feel for competition, loyalty, and coming-of-age themes.