Willard Motley | |
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 Portrait of Motley by Carl Van Vechten, 1947. | |
| Born | Willard Francis Motley July 14, 1909 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 4, 1965 (aged 55)[1] Mexico City, Mexico |
| Pen name | Bud Billiken |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | Englewood High School |
| Years active | 1923–1965 |
| Notable works | Knock on Any Door (1947); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1958) |
| Children | Sergio Lopez (adopted) |
| Relatives | Archibald Motley(uncle) |
Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an American author. Beginning as a teenager, Motley published a column in the African-American oriented Chicago Defender newspaper under the pen-name Bud Billiken. He worked as a freelance writer, and later founded and published the Hull House Magazine and worked in the Federal Writers Project. Motley's first and best known novel was Knock on Any Door (1947), which was made into a movie of the same name (1949).
- ^ Pitts, Vanessa (March 28, 2013). "Motley, Willard (1909–1965) – The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved August 20, 2018.