Background
Cohen, Octavus Roy was born on June 26, 1891 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Octavus and Rebecca (Ottolengui) Cohen.
Cohen, Octavus Roy was born on June 26, 1891 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Octavus and Rebecca (Ottolengui) Cohen.
Porter Military Academy, Charleston, class of 1908. Bachelor of Science, Clemson College, class of 1911. Doctor of Letters, Birmingham-Southern College, 1927.
1 son, Octavus Roy. Civ. engineer with Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company, 1909-1910. With editorial departments Birmingham (Alabama) Ledger, Charleston (South Carolina.) News and Courier, Bayonne (New Jersey) Times and Newark (New Jersey) Morning Star, 1910-1912. Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1913, and practiced 2 years.
Devoted time to writing since 1915. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1930-1940.
Author: The Other Woman (with J. U. Giesy), 1917. The Crimson Alibi, 1919. Polished Ebony, 1919.Gray Dusk, 1920
Come Seven, 1920. Six Seconds of Darkness, 1921. Highley Colored, 1921.Midnight, 1922
Assorted Chocolates, 1922. Jim Hanvey, Detective, 1923. Dark Days and Black Knights, 1923.Sunclouds, 1924
Bigger and Blacker, 1925. The Iron Chalice, 1925. Black and Blue, 1926.The Outer Gate, 1927. Detours, 1927
The Other Tomorrow, 1927. The Light Shines Through, 1928.Florian Slappey Goes Abroad, 1928. Spring Tide, 1928
The Valley of Olympus, 1929. The May Day Mystery, 1929.Epic Peters, Pullman Porter, 1930. The Backstage Mystery, 1930. Lilies of the Alley, 1931.Cameos, 1931
Star of Earth, 1932. Carbon Copies, 1933
The Townsend Murder Mystery, 1933. Scarlet Woman, 1934
Transient Lady, 1934.Scrambled Yeggs, 1934. Black to Nature, 1935. With Benefit of Clergy, 1935.Child of Evil, 1936
I Love You Again, 1937. East of Broadway, 1938. Florian Slappey, 1938.Strange Honeymoon, 1939. Romance in Crimson, 1940. Kid Tinsel, 1941
Lady in Armor, 1941.Masquerade in Miami, 1942. Sound of Revelry, 1943. Romance in the First Degree, 1943.Danger in Paradise, 1944. Love Has No Alibi, 1945. Dangerous Lady, 1946.Don’t Ever Love Me, 1947. My Love Wears Black
More Beautiful than Murder, 1948. A Bullet for My Love, 1950.The Corpse that Walked, 1951. Lost Lady, 1952
Borrasca, 1953. Love Can be Dangerous, 1955.Also author of plays including: The Crimson Alibi (with George Broadhurst), 1919. The Scourge, 1920
Come Seven, 1920. Shadows, 1920
Every Saturday Night, 1921.Alias Mistress Wallace, 1928. Contributor series of Negro stories to Saturday Evening Post since 1918. Also author of motion pictures, radio and’ television programs.Contributed short stories and serials to Colliers and other mags.
Member; Clubs: Athletic, Artists and Writers Golf Association.
Married Inez Lopez, October 6, 1914.