Walter B. Gibson

For other people with the same name, see Walter Gibson (disambiguation).

Walter B. Gibson
Born
Walter Brown Gibson

(1897-09-12)September 12, 1897
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 6, 1985(1985-12-06) (aged 88)
Kingston, New York, U.S.
Pen nameMaxwell Grant (shared)
OccupationAuthor and magician
Genrecomic books, comic strips, hypnotism, magic, psychic phenomena, pulp magazines, true crime, yoga

Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend Harry Houdini's books. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote 282 of the original 325 'The Shadow' novels/novellas during the 1930s/1940s, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age. He authored several novels in the Biff Brewster juvenile series of the 1960s. He was married to Litzka R. Gibson, also a writer, and the couple lived in New York state.

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