Background
Overton, Grant was born on September 19, 1887 in Patchogue, New York, United States. Son of Floyd Alward and Ardelia Jarvis (Skidmore) Overton.
Overton, Grant was born on September 19, 1887 in Patchogue, New York, United States. Son of Floyd Alward and Ardelia Jarvis (Skidmore) Overton.
Princeton University, 1904-1906.
With New York Sun, 1906-1908. Connected with Denver Post and San Francisco Examiner until July 1909. Sailed before the mast on British ship Wayfarer, San Francisco to Leith, Scotland, July-December 1909.
Again with New York Sun, 1910, editorial writer, 1916, literature editor, 1918-1919.
With George H. Doran Company, book publications, 1922-1924. Fiction editor Collier’s, 1924-1927.
Author: The Women Who Make Our Novels, 1918. When Winter Comes to Main Street, 1922.
American Nights Entertainment, 1923.
Cargoes for Crusoes, 1924. The Philosophy of Fiction, 1928. The American Novel, 1929.
The Answerer (novel from the life of Walt Whitman), 1921.
The Thousand-and-First Night, 1924. Editor: The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, 1927.
The World’s 50 Best Short Novels, 1929. Home: Patchogue, New New York
Married Clara Wallace, June 1, 1921.