Frederic Stewart Isham (March 29, 1865 – September 6, 1922) was an American novelist and playwright who wrote mainly historical romances and adventure novels.

Black Friday, for example, centers on the American financial crisis of 1869,[1] while Under the Rose is set in 16th century Europe.

[1] Published by Bobbs-Merrill Company and its predecessor Bowen-Merrill Company, Isham's novels were illustrated by such artists as Harrison Fisher, William Thacher Van Dresser, Max J. Spero, and W. B.

[3] The critic H. L. Mencken wrote of his novel Half a Chance that it was "a brisk and entertaining story, with not too much reality in it," which well summarizes the general tenor of Isham's work.

[5] The Social Buccaneer was a ten-episode 1923 American film serial based on Isham's novel and directed by Robert F. Hill.