William DuBois (writer)

William DuBois (November 29, 1903 – March 16, 1997) was an American playwright, novelist and longtime editor of The New York Times Book Review.

[1] DuBois wrote a number of Broadway plays including Pagan Lady (1930) and I Loved You Wednesday (1932).

[1] DuBois wrote the play Haiti (1938) for the Federal Theatre Project.

[5] His novels include The Island in the Square (1947), set in New York City in the 1920s; A Season to Beware (1956), about the worlds of journalism and publishing, and The Falcon's Shadow (1958), about the travails of the theater.

[1] He also worked as a silent writer with Frank G. Slaughter on 27 of his historical novels.