Grant Martin Overton Explained

Grant Martin Overton (September 19, 1887 – July 4, 1930) was an American writer and critic.

Grant Martin Overton was born in Patchogue, New York,^[1] to Ardelia Jarvis (Skidmore) and Floyd Alward Overton.^[2] He attended Princeton University from 1904 to 1906.^[2] He was a fiction editor at Collier's from 1924 to 1930.^[3] Overton died in Patchogue.^[4]

Publications

• The Women Who Make Our Novels (1918) ^[5]
• Mermaid (1920)^[6]
• The Answerer (1921)^[6]
• World Without End (1921)^[6]
• Island of the Innocent (1923)^[6]
• The Thousand and First Night (1924)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: American Authors and Books. American Authors and Books. 1972. Crown Publishing Group. 0-517-50139-2. 3d. 523487.
2. Book: Kunitz. Stanley. Stanley Kunitz. Haycraft. Howard. 1956. Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. registration. H. W. Wilson Company. 1151835015. 1060–1061.
3. Book: Tuck. Donald H.. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. 1978. 0-911682-20-1. Advent. 975349. 2. 338.
4. News: 1930-07-05. Grant Overton, Author, Dies at 42. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-02-16. 0362-4331.
5. Book: Overton, Grant M.. The Women Who Make Our Novels. 1918. Moffat, Yard & Company, New York.
6. Book: Smith, Geoffrey D.. American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography. 1997. Cambridge University Press. 0-521-43469-6. 37661469. 509.