Willard Motley Writer

Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an African-American writer. He published a column in the Chicago Defender under the pen-name Bud Biliken. Motley also worked as a freelance writer, and later founded and published the Hull House Magazine and worked in the Federal Writers Project. His first and best known novel was Knock on Any Door (1947).

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Willard Motley
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1909
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1965
Place of death
Mexico City
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Knock on Any Door

Willard Motley on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archon.lib.niu.edu/?p=collections/controlcard&id=900
  2. http://www.bookrags.com/biography/willard-motley
  3. http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4210