F. Van Wyck Mason

Francis Van Wyck Mason (November 11, 1901 - August 28, 1978, Bermuda) was an American historian and novelist. He served in the French Army and then in the U.S. Army during World War I as an officer. In World War II he rose to colonel and served on General Eisenhower's staff.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard with an SB. He began writing in 1928, and traveled to Europe, Russia, Near East, North Africa (9 weeks with own caravan), the West Indies, Central Africa, rode across Central America on horseback.

At one time in his student days, he was mistakenly arrested for murder. Having borrowed a dinner jacket, he was wrongly identified for a waiter who at the time had committed a murder,

He married Dorothy L. MacReady. They had two sons.

His books include:

• American Men at Arms (editor)
• Armored Giants
• The Barbarians
• The Battle for Quebec
• The Battle of Lake Erie
• The Battles for New Orleans
• Blue Hurricane
• The Branded Spy Murder
• Brimstone Club
• The Bucharest Ballerina Murders
• The Budapest Parade Murders
• The Cairo Garter Murders
• Captain Judas
• Captain Nemesis
• The Castle Island Case (or in another edition: The Multi-Million-Dollar Murders)
• A Christmas Story Valley Forge 24 December 1777
• Cutlass Empire
• Dardanelles Derelict
• The Deadly Orbit Mission
• Eagle in the Sky
• End of Track
• The Fighting American (editor)
• Flight into Danger
• The Forgotten Fleet Mystery
• The Fort Terror Murders
• The Golden Admiral
• The Gracious Lily Affair
• Guns for Rebellion
• Harpoon in Eden
• Himalayan Assignment
• The Hong Kong Airbase Murders
• Log Cabin Noble
• Lysander
• Manila Galleon
• Maracaibo Mission
• The Maryland Colony
• Munition Ship Murders
• Murder in the Senate
• Our Valiant Few
• Pilots, Man Your Planes
• Proud New Flags
• Q-boat
• Rascals' Heaven
• Return of the Eagles
• The Rio Casino Intrigue
• Rivers of Glory
• Saigon Singer
• The Sea 'Venture
• Secret Mission to Bangkok
• Seeds of Murder
• The Seven Seas Murders
• The Shanghai Bund Murders (also in a revised edition: The China Sea Murders)
• Silver Leopard
• The Singapore Exile Murders
• Spider House
• Stars on the Sea
• The Sulu Sea Murders
• Three Harbours
• Trouble in Burma
• Trumpets Sound No More
• Two Tickets to Tangier
• The Vesper Service Murders
• The Washington Legation Murders
• Wild Horizon
• The Winter at Valley Forge
• The Yellow Arrow Murders
• The Young Titan
• Zanzibar Intrigue