William Hulbert Footner was born in Hamilton, Canada. In 1898, he travelled to New York. He moved from job to job and decided to become an actor. He was a bad actor and drifting into writing. |
Titles and year of publication:
1) Two on the Trail | 1911 |
2) Jack Chanty | 1913 |
3) The Sealed Valley | 1914 |
4) The Fur-Bringers | 1916 |
5) The Huntress | 1917 |
6) Thieve's Wit | 1918 |
7) The Substitute Millionaire | 1919 |
8) The Woman from Outside (UK Title: On Swan River [1919]) | 1921 |
9) The Owl Taxi | 1921 |
10) The Deaves Affair | 1922 |
11) Ramshackle House (Also published as: Mystery at Ramshackle [1932]) | 1922 |
12) The Wild Bird | 1923 |
13) Officer! | 1924 |
14) The Under Dogs | 1925 |
15) The Shanty Sled | 1925 |
16) Madame Storey (short stories) | 1926 |
17) A Backwoods Princess | 1926 |
18) The Queen of Clubs | 1927 |
19) The Velvet Hand (short stories) | 1928 |
20) Cap'n Sue | 1928 |
21) A Self-Made Thief | 1929 |
22) The Doctor Who Held Hands (Also published as: The Murderer's Challenge [1932]) | 1929 |
23) Anybody's Pearls | 1929 |
24) The Viper (short stories) | 1930 |
25) Trial by Water | 1930 |
26) The Mystery of the Folded Paper (UK Title: The Folded Paper Mystery [1930]) | 1930 |
27) Easy to Kill | 1931 |
28) The Casual Murderer (short stories) | 1932 |
29) Dead Man's Hat | 1932 |
30) The Ring of Eyes | 1933 |
31) Murder Runs in the Family | 1934 |
32) Dangerous Cargo | 1934 |
33) Scarred Jungle | 1935 |
34) The Whip-Poor-Will Mystery (UK Title: The New Made Grave [1935]) | 1935 |
35) Murder of a Bad Man | 1935 |
36) The Island of Fear | 1936 |
37) The Obeah Murders (UK Title: Murder in the Sun [1938]) | 1937 |
38) Tortuous Trails (short stories) | 1937 |
39) The Dark Ships | 1937 |
40) The Almost Perfect Murder (short stories) | 1937 |
41) The Death of a Celebrity | 1938 |
42) The Nation's Missing Guest | 1939 |
43) The Murder That Had Everything | 1939 |
44) Sinfully Rich | 1940 |
45) Murderer's Vanity | 1940 |
46) Who Killed the Husband? | 1941 |
47) The House with the Blue Door | 1942 |
48) Death of a Saboteur | 1943 |
49) Unneutral Murder | 1944 |
50) Orchids to Murder | 1945 |