Charles Alden Seltzer

Charles Alden Seltzer (August 15, 1875 – February 9, 1942) was an American writer.

His son, Louis B. Seltzer, later editor of the Cleveland Press, recalled that the family was quite poor when his father was struggling to break into the writing profession (he wrote two hundred stories before receiving an acceptance).

During this time, Seltzer's wife brought him wrapping paper from the butcher to write on.

[4] Seltzer wrote his westerns from the experience of five years living in New Mexico.

Towards the end of his life, he was also elected mayor of North Olmsted, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, from 1930 to 1935.