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William J. Locke
writer
- Born:
- 1863-03-20, Barbados, British West Indies
- Died:
- 1930-05-15, Paris, France
- Professions:
- writer
Biography
On 20 March 1863, a Caribbean sunrise over Barbados welcomed William J. Locke into the world. Decades later, readers on three continents would greet the same name on bright dust-jackets: Stella Maris, The Coming of Amos, The Morals of Marcus—all silent-era sensations spun from his pen. Off the page, he shared life’s plot twists with Aimée Heath, his wife and most trusted first reader. The final chapter closed on 15 May 1930, when Locke’s heartbeat faded beneath the Parisian skyline he had come to love.
