Walter Van Tilburg Clark

Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Born	(1909-08-03)August 3, 1909 East Orland, Maine, US
Died	November 10, 1971(1971-11-10) (aged 62) Virginia City, Nevada, US
Occupation	Writer, college teacher
Education	University of Nevada, Reno (BA, MA)
Genres	Novel, short story
Years active	1932–1971
Notable works	The Ox-Bow Incident, The Watchful Gods and Other Stories
Notable awards	O. Henry Prize, Nevada Writer's Hall of Fame
Spouse	Barbara Frances Morse (d. 1969)
Children	2[1]

Walter Van Tilburg Clark (August 3, 1909 – November 10, 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, and was the first inductee into the 'Nevada Writers Hall of Fame' in 1988, together with Robert Laxalt, Clark's mentee and Nevada's other heralded twentieth century author. Two of Clark's novels, The Ox-Bow Incident and The Track of the Cat, were made into films. As a writer, Clark taught himself to use the familiar materials of the western saga to explore the human psyche and to raise deep philosophical issues.