Author:Willard Huntington Wright

Willard Wright
(1888–1939)

United States art critic and author who used the pseudonym S. S. Van Dine for his detective stories.

Willard Wright

Works

Works from periodicals

Non-fiction

(as Willard Huntington Wright)

  • "Dedication" 1913 Nov, in The Smart Set (verse)
  • "Song against women" 1913 Dec, in The Smart Set (verse)
  • "Culture in the 'Enc. Brit.'" 1916 Dec 8, in Reedy's Mirror (essay, criticism)
  • "The detective novel" 1926 Nov, in The Smart Set (essay)
  • "What is a detective novel?" 1928 May, in The Writer (ss)
Series
  • The night romance of Europe 1913–1914 The Smart Set (essay series)
    • "The night romance of Europe: Vienna" 1913 Nov
    • "The night romance of Europe: London" 1913 Dec
  • Life in the films 1921 Oct to ?, in Photoplay Magazine (satirical series)
    • II "The island life" (1921 Nov)


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.


This author died in 1939, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 85 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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