Marquis James (August 29, 1891, Springfield, Missouri – November 19, 1955) was an American author and journalist, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.
[1] While unsuccessful in 1889, Houstin successfully staked a claim southeast of Enid, Oklahoma in the 1893 run and moved his family there.
[2] During high school Marquis James helped found the Quill, Enid's student newspaper.
[4] Following high school he worked at various newspapers across the country, including as a rewrite editor for the New York Tribune in 1916.
[3] Marquis James died suddenly at the age of sixty-four of a cerebral hemorrhage on November 19, 1955.