Grant Martin Overton

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

Grant Martin Overton was born on September 19, 1887, 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 on July 4, 1930, in Patchogue.[4]

Publications
  • Mermaid (1920)[5]
  • The Answerer (1921)[5]
  • World Without End (1921)[5]
  • Island of the Innocent (1923)[5]
  • The Thousand and First Night (1924)[5]

References
  1. American Authors and Books (3d ed.). Crown Publishing Group. 1972. ISBN 0-517-50139-2. OCLC 523487.
  2. Kunitz, Stanley; Haycraft, Howard, eds. (1956). Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature. H. W. Wilson Company. pp. 1060–1061. OCLC 1151835015.
  3. Tuck, Donald H., ed. (1978). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968. Vol. 2. Advent. p. 338. ISBN 0-911682-20-1. OCLC 975349.
  4. "Grant Overton, Author, Dies at 42". The New York Times. July 5, 1930. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. Smith, Geoffrey D. (1997). American Fiction, 1901–1925: A Bibliography. Cambridge University Press. p. 509. ISBN 0-521-43469-6. OCLC 37661469.


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