Edward Alden Jewell (March 10, 1888 – October 11, 1947) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, art critic and novelist.
[4][5][6] After attending high school in Grand Rapids, Jewell studied at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.[1] Between the ages of 8 and 22, Jewell displayed intense interest in the theatre and acting, and toured for a time with the Kansas City-based stage actor Louis James.
In 1915, Jewell worked briefly at The New York Tribune before becoming managing editor of the World Court Magazine the following year.
Jewell's first novel, The Charmed Circle, was evidently well regarded, receiving favorable reviews from Carl Van Doren in Bookman[9] and H. W. Boynton in The Independent.
[1] After being stricken by an undisclosed illness on the night of October 11, 1947, Jewell died while being transported from his East 55th Street Manhattan address to Metropolitan Hospital on Roosevelt Island.