Ward Greene

Ward Greene

Ward Greene  (December 23, 1892 – January 22, 1956) was a noted journalist, editor and author who is best known for running the King Features Syndicate in the heyday of newspaper comic pages and working with many legendary artists. Cora Potts was his first novel and his short story “Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog” became the basis for the Disney classic The Lady and the Tramp.

 

Books by Ward Greene

Art Noir: Four Full Novels

Art Noir: Four Full Novels

Four full classic noir novels about artists trapped in a spiral of crime, betrayal, sex and suspense.Out now: ART NOIR, four classic noir novels about artists trapped in a spiral of crime, betrayal, sex and suspense.
Ride the Nightmare by Ward Greene
The Serpent Woman by John B. Thompson
Any Man’s Playmate by James Rubel
By Flesh Alone by March Hastings

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King Cobra

King Cobra

The blistering story of intolerance and hate that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1940...a novel that the Fort Worth Star Telegram called "probably the most shameless and shaming book that has ever been written in America." Now it's finally back in print.

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The Ward Greene Reader

The Ward Greene Reader

Four highly-acclaimed, literary masterpieces, some of them out of print for over 70 years, now collected for the first time on one ebook volume.

CORA POTTS * RIDE THE NIGHTMARE * DESIRE IN THE DEEP SOUTH * ROUTE 28

“For years, Ward Greene has been doing amazing things with words. He has depicted the heights and depths of human emotion with uncanny skill.” Tucson Citizen

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