Biography:

Writer. Born– June 26, 1891, Charleston, S.C. Parents– Octavus and Rebecca Ottolengui Cohen. Married– Inez Lopez of Bessemer. Children– One. Education– Graduated from Porter Military Academy, 1908; Clemson College, B.S., 1911. Between 1910 and 1912 he worked in the editorial departments of the Birmingham Ledger, the Charleston News and Courier, the Bayonne Times, and the Newark Morning Star; law clerk in his father’s law office, 1912-13; admitted to the South Carolina bar, 1913; practiced law in Charleston for two years. Between 1917 and his death he published 56 books, works that included humorous and detective novels, plays, and collections of short stories. Wrote successful Broadway plays and radio, film, and television scripts. Published hundreds of short stories and serials in the Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, and other popular magazines. Awarded the honorary Litt. D., 1927, by Birmingham Southern College, for his services to Southern literature.

Source:

Contemporary authors online;  Marquis Who’s Who online; bhamwiki

Publication(s):

Assorted Chocolates. New York; Dodd, 1922.

The Backstage Mystery. New York; D. Appleton, 1930.

Bigger and Blacker. Cincinnati; Little, 1926

Black to Nature. New York; D. Appleton, 1935.

Borrasca. New York; Macmillan, 1953.

A Bullet for My Love, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1950.

Cameos. New York; D. Appleton, 1932.

Carbon Copies. New York; D. Appleton, 1932.

Child of Evil. New York; D. Appleton, 1936.

Come Seven. New York; Dodd, 1920.

The Corpse That Walked. New York; Fawcett, 1950.

The Crimson Alibi. New York; Dodd, 1919.

Damaged Good. Philadelphia; Saturday Evening Post, 1925.

Danger in Paradise. New York; Macmillan, 1945.

Dangerous Lady, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1946.

Dark Days and Black Knights. New York; Dodd, 1923.

Detours. Cincinnati; Little, 1927.

Don’t Ever Love Me, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1946.

East of Broadway. New York; D. Appleton, 1938.

Epic Peters, Pullman Porter. New York; D. Appleton, s.d.

Florian Slappey Goes Abroad. Cincinnati; Little, 1928.

Gray Dusk. New York; Dodd, 1920.

Highly Colored. New York; Dodd, 1921.

I Love You Again. New York; D. Appleton, 1937.

The Iron Chalice. New York; Grossett & Dunlap, 1925.

Jim Hanvey, Detective. New York; Dodd, 1923.

Kid Tinsel. New York; Appleton Century, 1941.

Lady in Armor. New York; D. Appleton, 1941.

The Light Shines Through. Cincinnati; Little, 1928.

Lillies of the Alley. New York; D. Appleton, 1931.

Lost Lady. New York; Fawcett, 1951.

Love Can Be Dangerous, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1955.

Love Has No Alibi. New York; Macmillan, 1946.

The May Day Mystery. New York; D. Appleton, 1929.

Midnight. New York; Dodd, 1922.

More Beautiful Than Murder, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1948.

My Love Wears Black, a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1947.

The Other Tomorrow. New York; D. Appleton, 1927.

The Outer Gate. Cincinnati; Little, 1927.

The Other Woman. New York; Macaulay, 1917.

Polished Ebony. New York; Dodd, 1919.

Romance in Crimson. New York; D. Appleton, 1940.

Romance in the First Degree; a Novel. New York; Macmillan, 1943.

Scarlet Woman. New York; D. Appleton, 1934.

Scrambled Yeggs. New York; D. Appleton, 1934.

Six Seconds of Darkness. New York; Grossett & Dunlap, 1918.

Sounds of Revelry. New York; Macmillan, 1943.

Spring Tide. New York; Appleton, 1928.

Star of Earth. New York; D. Appleton, 1932.

Strange Honeymoon. New York; D. Appleton, 1939.

Sunclouds. New York; Dodd, 1924.

The Townsend Murder Mystery. New York; D. Appleton, 1933.

The Valley of Olympus. New York; D. Appleton, 1934.

With Benefit of Clergy. New York; D. Appleton, 1935.