Edward Childs Carpenter (1872–1950) was an American writer of novels and plays and a stage director in the early through mid-20th century.
[6][7] After leaving school, Carpenter became a newspaperman and quickly rose to the position of financial editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
[1][8] In 1903 he published his first novel, The Chasm, co-authored with Reginald Wright Kauffman,[1][9] which received favorable reviews.
[10] On June 1, 1907, Carpenter married the illustrator Helen Alden Knipe; later they collaborated as writers.
[3][4][5] He and his wife, writer and illustrator Helen Alden (née Knipe) Carpenter, are interred in Town Hill Cemetery in New Hartford, Connecticut.