Justus Miles Forman

Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright.

Forman was born on November 1, 1875, in Le Roy, New York.

His only play, The Hyphen, appeared in 1915 but did not receive the success Forman expected.

The Hyphen was a topical drama about "German-Americans" and "Irish-Americans" whose patriotism and fidelity to the United States is questioned due to events in Europe during World War I. Forman hoped that the drama would do better business in a production in London and decided to book a first-class passage aboard the RMS Lusitania.

[2] The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking.