Christopher Morley

Christopher Darlington Morley was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1890 and educated at Haverford College and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. After working as a publisher and editor, he became a prolific columnist for the New York Evening Post and later the Saturday Review of Literature. His most enduring works are the companion novels "Parnassus on Wheels" (1917) and "The Haunted Bookshop" (1919), which follow a traveling book wagon and a Brooklyn bookstore, respectively. These novels are cherished for their affectionate portrayal of bookselling and the intellectual camaraderie of readers. Morley also wrote poetry, essays, and the popular novel "Kitty Foyle" (1939), which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. A co-founder of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes society, Morley left a legacy as a genial advocate for the joys of reading and literary community.