| Birth Name: | Hubert Vansant Coryell |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Cornwall, New York |
| Death Date: | February 1979 (aged 89) |
| Death Place: | Holualoa, Hawaii |
| Nationality: | American |
| Occupation: | Author |
| Known For: | Son of John R. Coryell; popular author of boys’ fiction |
| Children: | Hubert Vansant, Jr., Margaret Fox, Roger Hall |
Hubert Vansant Coryell (December 24, 1889, in Cornwall, New York – February 1979, in Holualoa, Hawaii) was a teacher, author, and popular author of boys’ fiction. He was the third son of legendary dime novelist John R. Coryell.
Like his three brothers, Hubert V. Coryell attended Harvard University; he graduated in 1911. He began working as a teacher fresh out of college, starting in a segregated school in St. Louis. He taught in a variety of schools before settling back in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1] He was an English teacher and later a school principal, while writing professionally on the side. In August of 1937, Coryell and his family moved to Hawaii to work at Punahou School, where he headed the junior-level English department.[2] His younger brother Russell M. Coryell was also a teacher and author.
Hubert V. Coryell married Etta Verona Child in 1912. By 1922, they had three children.
Hubert V. Coryell wrote numerous articles about education, often focusing on boys’ issues. He co-authored, with Henry W. Holmes, dean of the Harvard School of Education, Word Finder (1921), a reference book for elementary school children. He wrote fiction and nonfiction for the Macfadden Publications, the publisher that had been so instrumental in his father’s writing career. These magazines include Physical Culture, National Brain Power, Midnight Mystery Stories, Movie Weekly, and Ghost Stories. An untold amount of his Macfadden work was published under pennames. In the 1930s, he specialized in adventure novels for boys. He had a following in Sweden, and three of his books were translated and published there in the 1930's. In 1954, a Dutch translation of Klondike Gold was published.