William Lindsey

Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on August 12, 1858, he built a successful business career before becoming known as an author. Contemporary reference sources describe him as an American writer, and records of his books show that he published novels and poetry in the early twentieth century.

His known works include Apples of Istakhar, The Severed Mantle, The Backsliders, and The Curtain of Forgetfulness. The range of those titles suggests a writer interested in both far-reaching historical settings and more intimate moral or domestic themes.

He died in 1922. He is also remembered outside literature through the grand Boston residence later known as BU Castle, originally built for him, which points to the scale of his success before and during his writing career.