Walter Scott Story
Walter Scott Story (
June 23,
1879-
June 23,
1955), author of
children's books and over 140
pulp magazine stories and novelettes. He was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin Franklin Story a
printer from
Lyndon, Vermont and Rebecca Jennie Turner of
St. Joseph, Michigan. Educated in public schools he began his career in
1895 as an office boy at the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Springfield. On
February 27,
1908 he married Margaret Helena Healy. By
1918 they were living in
Westfield, Massachusetts and he had become secretary to the president of the company. From
1923-
1942 he had moved to
East Orange, New Jersey and worked in
New York City as the manager of literature for the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His wife died in
1937. On
March 14,
1940 he married Elsie Martha Wolcott. They lived in
Maplewood, New Jersey. He was editor of the company's employee magazine the
Mutual Circle from
1942-
1946. He was a member of the
Republican party, the
Sons of the American Revolution the
Author's League of America, and was a
Mason. At his death he lived in the borough of
Chatham, New Jersey.
Magazine Stories
- Snub Smith Vindicates His Honor Tiptop Semi-Monthly November 1915
- Trench Mates Argosy September 1918
- The Sequel Weird Tales March 1923 volume 1 number 1
- Man Hunt Detective Book Magazine Summer 1938
Children's Books
- Skinny Harrison Adventurer 1922
- The Young Crusader 1923
- The Uncharted Island 1926
- Boy Heroes of the Sea 1928
- The Missing Millions