Publisher's Synopsis
Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1932) was abestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Alsoknown occasionally as Harold McGrath, he was born in Syracuse, New York.As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist on the SyracuseHerald newspaper until the late 1890s when he published his first novel, aromance titled Arms and the Woman. According to the New York Times, hisnext book, The Puppet Crown, was the No.7 bestselling book in the UnitedStates for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath never looked back, writing novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, andthe like at an average rate of more than one a year
