Background
Wayne, Charles Stokes was born on March 18, 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Stokes and Elizabeth (Mattson) Wayne.
Wayne, Charles Stokes was born on March 18, 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Stokes and Elizabeth (Mattson) Wayne.
Educated Boys’ Central High School, Philadelphia.
Began newspaper work on Philadelphia Press, 1875. Financial editor Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 1880-1888. Staff Philadelphia Item, 1888.
Weekly journalism, New York, 1889-1891.
In Europe, 1892; started Cripple Creek Guide, weekly paper, in Colorado, 1896. Established Facts, weekly paper, Colorado Springs, 1897.
Wekly journalism, writing novels, plays, short stories, et cetera, New York, 1899-1921. Author: (novelettes) Mistress Lord’s Moonstone, 1888.
Anthony Kent, 1893; The Lady and Her Tree, 1895.
A Witch of To-Day, 1898. (novels) A Prince to Order, 1905. The Marriage of Mistress Merlin, 1907.
The City of Encounters, 1908.
The Sable Lorcha, 1911. The Snapdragon, 1913.
The King Pin, 1923. Also (with Anne Warner) The Gay and Festive Claverhouse, 1914.
The Taming of Amorette, 1915. The Tigress, 1916; Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs, 1916.
Plays: Conscience. At Two in the Morning.
Profit and Loss; also (with Charles Guernon) The Taming of Amorette, 1919. Angelica’s Company-respondent, 1919.
The Addict, 1920. And photoplays, The Sable Lorcha, 1915.
Her Good Name, 1917; The Appearance of Evil, 1918. Peril, 1919; The Winchester Woman, 1919.
The Midnight Bride, 1920. Contributor to magazines
Member.
Married Elizabeth Dougherty, of Philadelphia, October 28, 1887. Married second, Sarah East. Smith, of New York, February 10, 1903.