Ellis Parker Butler

His career spanned more than forty years, and his stories, poems, and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. His work appeared alongside that of his contemporaries, including Mark Twain, Sax Rohmer, James B. Hendryx, Berton Braley, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Don Marquis, Will Rogers, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. Despite the enormous volume of his work, Butler was, for most of his life, only a part-time author. He worked full-time as a banker and was very active in his local community. A founding member of both the Dutch Treat Club and the Authors League of America, Butler was an always-present force in the New York City literary scene.

• Name — Ellis Parker Butler • Born — 5 December 1869 • Birthplace — Muscatine, Iowa, U.S. • Died — 13 September 1937 • Place of death — Williamsville, Massachusetts, U.S. • Resting Place — Flushing Cemetery, New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Author • Notable Work — "Pigs Is Pigs" (1905) • Illustration — Director King Vidor and Butler discussing The Jack-Knife Man, which was being filmed in 1920

Butler was born in Muscatine, Iowa, on December 5, 1869. He attended Muscatine High School for one year.

He moved to New York City and lived in Flushing (Queens) New York. He wrote twenty-five stories for Woman's Home Companion between 1906 and 1935. The stories in the Companion were illustrated by artists including May Wilson Preston, Frederic Dorr Steele, Herbert Paus and Rico Le Brun. Between 1931 and 1936, at least seventeen of Butler's stories published in newspapers were illustrated by Ethel Hays.

He died in Williamsville, Massachusetts on September 13, 1937, and was interred in Flushing Cemetery.