Leroy Scott (May 11, 1875 – July 21, 1929) was an American writer of novels and screenplays.

Biography

Scott was born in

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, on 11 May 1875. His father was a minister with the

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. He graduated from

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in 1897. His writing career began with three years of experience as a reporter; he worked at a Louisiana newspaper owned by his brother. Later (1900–01) he became assistant editor of the '' Woman’s Home Companion''. Scott was also a social activist. After gaining experience at the

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in Chicago, Scott served as assistant headworker at the

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in New York City in 1902–03. It was there that he met—and later married on 27 June 1904—Miriam Finn, a Russian Jewish writer. Around this same time Scott was an officer of the

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, of which he was a founder. After his departure from the University Settlement, Scott and his wife came to live in

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at "A Club", a writers' cooperative housed in an old mansion on

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that became known as a "radical center." They had one child, a daughter. In 1906, Scott helped arrange accommodations for

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during his visit to the United States. In 1907, Scott and his wife visited Russia. To research his book about labor relations, ''The Walking Delegate'' (1905), Scott joined the Structural Iron Workers Union. In addition to novels, Scott became involved in the movie industry, where he accumulated numerous writing credits, as well as an acting credit in one film. When

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determined a need to produce movies in New York as well as on the west coast, Scott's ''Partners of the Night'' was chosen as the first work. Scott drowned in Lake Chateaugay, near Plattsburgh, New York, on 21 July 1929.

Works

*''Children of the Whirlwind'' *''The Walking Delegate'' (1905) *''To Him that Hath'' (1907) *''The Shears of Destiny'' (1910) *''Vocations'', ed. William DeWitt Hyde. Hall and Locke Company. Boston. Vol. 1. ''The Mechanic Arts''. Richard C. Maclauren ed. (1911). “Selden’s Explosion Buggy”. p. 343 *''Counsel for the Defense'' (1912) *''No. 13 Washington Square'' (1914) *''

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'' (1915) *''Partners of the Night'' (1916) *''The Sturdy Oak; a composite novel of American politics by fourteen American authors'' (ch xiv) (1917) *''Mary Regan'' (1918) *''A Daughter of Two Worlds: A Novel of New York Life'' (1919) *''Cordelia the Magnificent'' (1923) *''The Heart of Katie O”Doone'' (1925) *''Folly’s Gold'' (1926) *''The Trail of Glory'' (1926) *''The Living Dead Man'' (1929)

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