Cleveland Moffett (2 books)

Cleveland Moffett (April 27, 1863 – October 14, 1926) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. He graduated from Yale College, Connecticut, in 1883. In 1887, he joined the staff of the New York Herald, where he worked until 1892. Most of his time at the Herald was spent as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Asia. Following that, he became foreign editor of the New York Recorder… (more)

Cleveland Moffett (April 27, 1863 – October 14, 1926) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. He graduated from Yale College, Connecticut, in 1883. In 1887, he joined the staff of the New York Herald, where he worked until 1892. Most of his time at the Herald was spent as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Asia. Following that, he became foreign editor of the New York Recorder and then Sunday editor for the Herald.

During his journalism career he contributed articles and stories to magazines and weeklies. His short story "The Mysterious Card" was published in the Boston-based The Black Cat in 1895. This work had the novelty of not revealing the answer to the puzzle posed, thereby gaining widespread attention; it was followed a year later by "The Mysterious Card Unveiled" in which the mystery was resolved. (These two stories were praised in The Technique of the Mystery Story by
Carolyn Wells as clever, notable riddle stories.)

In addition to serialized short stories, he also wrote several plays, including Money Talks (1905) and The Battle (1908), the latter being a dramatization of his 1907 novel, A King in Rags. Many of his works were set in locations outside of the United States.

(Source: Wikipedia.)