Background
Meader, Stephen Warren was born on May 2, 1892 in Providence. Son of Walter Sidney and Lucy Jones (Hawkes) Meader.
Meader, Stephen Warren was born on May 2, 1892 in Providence. Son of Walter Sidney and Lucy Jones (Hawkes) Meader.
Bachelor of Arts, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1913.
Case worker, Newark, 1913-1914. Secretary Exsex County Big Brother Movement, Newark, 1915. Publicity department Reilly & Britton, Chicago, 1916.
Editorial work Curtis Public Company, Philadelphia, 1916-1921. Advertising writer Holmes Press, Philadelphia, 1921-1927. Copy writer N.W. Ayer & Son, Philadelphia, 1927-1957, associate copy director, 1941-1957.
Trustee Moorestown Free library association.
Author: The Black Buccaneer, 1920. Down the Big River, 1924. Longshanks, 1928
Red Horse Hill, 1930.
Away to Sea, 1931
King of the Hills, 1933. Lumberjack, 1934
The Will to Win, 1936. Trap Lines North, 1936.
Who Rides in the Dark, 1937. T-Model Tommy, 1938
Bat: The Story of a Bull Terrior, 1939. Boy with a Pack, 1939.
Clear for Action., 1940. Blueberry Mountain, 1941. Shadow in the Pines, 1942.
The Sea Snake, 1943
The Long Trains Roll, 1944. Skippy’s Family, 1945. Jonathan Goes West, 1946.
Behind the Ranges, 1947. Cedar’s Boy, 1949
Whaler Round the Horn, 1950. Bulldozer, 1951
The Fish Hawk’s Nest, 1952.
Sparkplug of the Hornets, 1953. The Buckboard Stranger, 1954. Guns for the Saratoga, 1955.
Sabre Pilot, 1956
Everglades Adventure, 1957. The Commodore’s Cup, 1958. The Voyage of the Javelin, 1959.
Wild Pony Island, 1959. Buffalo and Beaver, 1960. Snow on Blueberry Mountain, 1961.
Phantom of the Blockade, 1962. The Muddy Road to Glory, 1963. Stranger on Big Hickory, 1964.
A Blow for Liberty, 1965. Topsail Island Treasure, 1966. Keep ’Em Rolling, 1967.
Lonesome End, 1968
The Cape May Packet, 1969. Contributor juvenile and adult fiction to mags.
Member New Jersey Library Commission unitl 1957. Member Society of Friends.
Married Elizabeth White Hoyt, December 16, 1916.; married second, Patience R. Ludlam, September 7, 1963. Children: Stephen Warren, Jane Annesley, John Hoyt, Margaret Lucy.