Background
Kelland, Clarence Budington was born on July 11, 1881 in Portland, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas and Margaret (Budington) Kelland.
Kelland, Clarence Budington was born on July 11, 1881 in Portland, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas and Margaret (Budington) Kelland.
Bachelor of Laws, Detroit College of Law, 1902.
Reporter, political editor and Sunday editor, Detroit News, 1903-1907. Editor The American Boy, 1907-1915. Lecturer on juvenile literature and writing as a profession, University of Michigan, 1913, 14, 15.
Director overseas publicity, Young Men’s Christian Association, 1918.
Author: Mark Tidd, 1913. Mark Tidd in the Backwoods, 1914. Pieces of Silver, 1914.American Boy’s Workshop, 1914. Mark Tidd in Business, 1915. Into His Own, 1915
The Hidden Spring, 1915.Mark Tidd’s Citadel, 1916. Sudden Jim, 1916
The Source, 1917. The Highflyers, 1919.Mark Tidd, Editor, 1917. The Mark Tidd, Manufacturer, 1918. The Little Moment of Happiness, 1919.Conflict, 1920
Scattergood Baines, 1921. Contraband, 1922
The Steadfast Heart, 1923. Miracle, 1924
Rhoda Fair, 1925.Dance Magic, 1926
Dynasty, 1929. Hard Money, 1930
Gold, 1931. Speak Easily, 1932
The Great Crooner, 1933.Catspaw, 1934
Dreamland, 1935. Roxana, 1936
Jealous House, 1937. Spotlight, 1937
Star Rising, 1938.Arizona, 1939
Valley of the Sun, 1940. Sugarfoot, 1942
Archibald the Great, 1943. Land of the Torreones, 1946.This Is My Son, 1947. Stolen Goods, 1950
Double Treasure, 1948. Merchant of Valor, 1949.The Great Mail Robbery, 1951. No Escape, 1952
Heart on Her Sleeve, 1953. Dangerous Angel, 1954.Murder Makes an Entrance, 1956. Case of Nameless Corpse, 1957. West of the Law, 1958.Counterfeit Gentleman, 1959. Monitor Affair, 1960. The Sinister Strangers, 1961.The Artless Heiress, 1962. Republican National Committeeman for Arizona, 1940. Executive director Republican Nait.Committee, 1942.
Mason.; Clubs: Players, Century, Dutch Treat (president emeritus), Coffee House, North Hempstead Country.
Married Betty Carolina Smith, October 14, 1907.