Frederick irving anderson biography sampler

Frederick Irving Anderson () was an American journalist and short story writer, born in Illinois. He wrote many short stories for magazines. He married Helen de Zouche, and retired after her death in to Vermont.

He published two books on farming and only three works of fiction during his lifetime, leaving most of his stories uncollected in magazines.

The golden fleece

His character the Infallible Godahl is a self-proclaimed master criminal whose Watson is the writer Oliver Armiston. Both Godahl and the female jewel thief Sophie Lang manage to outwit the New York detective Deputy Parr.

Influences

Frederick Irving Anderson was a prolific contributor to The Saturday Evening Post, most of whose work has never been published in book form.

Anderson began publishing before World War I, and was still at it in He can be seen as a member of the Arthur B. Reeve school, but with some personal twists. Like Reeve, he often focuses on both crimes committed by scient