Ardon Van Buren Powell was an American screenwriter in the early years of the movies industry and later a writer of adventure books for boys.
Ardon Van Buren Powell was born in Macon, Georgia and moved to New York with his family as a child.
Despite being visually impaired from birth,[1] Powell pursued a career as a writer, first as a reviewer of theatrical production for Billboard magazine and later of comedies in the silent film industry.
[2] When the movie industry largely moved to California, Powell remained in New York and began writing adventure novels for boys.
[6] In the early 1940s, with his vision almost completely gone, Powell changed careers and became an insurance broker in Vineland, New Jersey.