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Gordon Young (writer)
American writer (1886–1948)
Gordon Young (1886 – February 10, 1948) was an American writer of adventure and western stories.
Life
Young was born in Ray County, Missouri.[1][2] He worked as a cowboy and served in the United States Marine Corps in the Philippines, before moving to Los Angeles and taking a job at the Los Angeles Times in 1914.
During his time in Los Angeles, Young befriended the writer Paul Jordan-Smith and the painter Edward Middleton Manigault.[2] Young eventually became Literary Editor of the Los Angeles Times; one of his correspondents was Sinclair Lewis.[3]
He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, February 10, 1948.[4]
Writing career
Young's first published story was "The Lady's Picture", in The Cavalier magazine, in March 1913.[2] He began writing fiction for the magazine Adventure in 1917.
His first stories for Adventure were a series of crime thrillers a