Norman Beasley (April 6, 1887 – July 2, 1963)[2][3] was an American journalist and author, best known for writing biographies.
[4] Norman Beasley was born in Detroit, Michigan, where his parents had moved just before his birth.
[3] He began writing books on history in the late 1920s, publishing Men, money, and motors: the drama of the automobile through Harper & Brothers in 1929.
His biographical works would include books on William S. Knudsen, Frank Knox, Mary Baker Eddy, and Carter Glass, which was co-written with Rixey Smith.
Beasley's book on William Knudsen, a leading automotive industry executive and general during World War II, is the only book-length work focused solely him and covering his entire life,[5] and contains an introduction by Knudsen himself.