Henry Blake Fuller

Henry Blake Fuller
Portrait of Fuller in August–September 1895 edition of The Bookman (New York)
Born	January 9, 1857 Chicago, Illinois
Died	July 28, 1929 (aged 72) Chicago, Illinois
Occupation	Novelist, short story writer
Literary movement	Realism Naturalism Gay literature
Notable works	Bertram Cope's Year
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Henry Blake Fuller (January 9, 1857 – July 28, 1929) was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born and worked in Chicago, Illinois. He is perhaps the earliest novelist from Chicago to gain a national reputation. His exploration of city life was seen as revelatory, and later in his life he was perhaps the earliest established American author to explore homosexuality in fiction.^[1]