caption death_date death_place influenced pseudonym birth_place nationality name birth_date alt genre article_title birth_name occupation
f. van wyck mason in u.s. army uniform 28 august 1978 bermuda ian fleming ward weaver , geoffrey coffin , frank w. mason boston , ma , usa american f. van wyck mason 11 november 1901 photo jacket of a christmas story valley forge 24 december 1777 of f. van wyck mason from the dust pulp spy fiction , young-adult fiction magazine , historical fiction , detective fiction , f. van wyck mason
 francis van wyck mason novelist
f. van wyck mason

francis van wyck mason -lrb- november 11 , 1901 -- august 28 , 1978 -rrb- was an american historian and novelist .
he had a long and prolific career as a writer spanning 50 years and including 78 published novels , many of which were best sellers and well received .
