Gouverneur Morris (novelist)

Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris at home in Aiken, South Carolina
Born	Gouverneur Morris IV 1876
Died	1953 (aged 76–77)
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University
Occupation	Writer
Known for	The Man Who Played God (1932) The Ace of Hearts (1921) The Penalty (1920)

Gouverneur Morris IV (1876–1953) was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early-twentieth century.

Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.

Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney, Sr. film The Penalty (1920).

Other film adaptions of his novels include: