Wallace Irwin (1875 - 1959)

Wallace Irwin (March 15, 1875 – February 14, 1959) was an American writer. Over the course of his long career, Irwin wrote humorous sketches, light verse, screenplays, short stories, novels, nautical lays, aphorisms, journalism, political satire, lyrics for Broadway musicals, and the libretto for an opera. Between 1913 and 1935, fourteen of his novels or short stories were adapted by himself or others for film.