Robert Wilder (novelist)

Robert Wilder (novelist)

Robert Ingersoll Wilder (b. January 25, 1901 in Richmond, Virginia, d. August 22, 1974) was an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter. The son of a minister-turned-lawyer-turned-doctor-turned-dentist who was still going to college when his son was born, Wilder's childhood was spent at Daytona Beach, Florida. Following a stint in the U.S. Army during World War I, he was educated at Stetson University and Columbia University. At various times in his life, Mr. Wilder was a soda jerk, a ship fitter, a theater usher, a shipping clerk, a newspaper copyboy, a publicity agent (Claudette Colbert was among his clients), a radio executive, and a journalist (for "The New York Sun").

Mr. Wilder traveled widely and contributed stories to "The New Yorker", among other magazines. He was author of two plays, "Sweet Chariot", based on the life and career of African-American activist Marcus Garvey, and "Stardust", both produced on Broadway. He also wrote the screenplay for the epic Western, "The Big Country", in 1958.

"Wind from the Carolinas" is his only book currently in print.

Mr. Wilder was married and had a son.

Novels written by Robert Wilder

*"Wind from the Carolinas
*"Wait for Tomorrow"
*"Bright Feather"
*"Flamingo Road"
*"Fruit of the Poppy"
*"God Has a Long Face"
*"The Sea and the Stars"
*"The Sound of Drums and Cymbals"
*"The Wine of Youth"
*"Written on the Wind"
*"Plough the Sea"
*"Autumn Thunder"
* And Ride a Tiger (1951)
* The Sun Is My Shadow (1960)
* An Affair of Honor (1969)

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