author
William Henry Warner
Known today mainly through a small handful of early 20th-century novels, this elusive American writer moved between romance, adventure, and speculative ideas. His work includes a time-travel tale with an ancient Egyptian prince and a wartime novel coauthored with Ysabel De Witte.
1 Audiobook
Mothers of men
by William Henry Warner, Ysabel De Witte
About the author
Very little biographical information about William Henry Warner is easy to confirm, but surviving records show that he was an American novelist active in the 1910s and 1920s. His known books include The Bridge of Time (1919), Mothers of Men (1919, with Ysabel De Witte), and Sacrilegious Hands (1925).
What makes Warner interesting is the range of his fiction. The Bridge of Time blends romance with time travel and reincarnation, while Mothers of Men is tied to the emotional and social upheaval of the World War I era. That mix of popular storytelling and imaginative themes gives his work a distinctive period charm.
Because so little reliable personal detail is readily available, Warner remains something of a mystery compared with better-documented authors of his time. For readers, that mystery can be part of the appeal: the books themselves are still the clearest window into his voice and imagination.