Waverley Lewis Root (April 15, 1903 – October 31, 1982) was an American journalist and writer.

[2] Root was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Root was a news correspondent for over 30 years; in 1969 he retired from daily journalism.

[3] His books and writings focused on food, and yet mingled culinary details of the regions he wrote about with historic facts, and literary references.

After graduating from college, he moved to Greenwich Village, New York City.