# Walter B. Gibson

> Walter Brown Gibson was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend Harry Houdini's books. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote 282 of the original 325 'The Shadow' novels/novellas during the 1930s/1940s, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age. He authored several novels in the Biff Brewster juvenile series of the 1960s. He was married to Litzka R. Gibson, also a writer, and the couple lived in New York state.

*Pulp writer and magician (1897–1985)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1897-09-12
- **Died:** 1985-12-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Platforms
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## Sources
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9b6d7f5-8f54-403a-8fad-fc49d3d36c6c)
- [والتر بي. جيبسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
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- [Walter Brown Gibson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Brown_Gibson)
- [Walter B. Gibson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_B._Gibson)
- [Walter B. Gibson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_B._Gibson)
- [Гибсон, Уолтер Браун](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466896)
- [Walter B. Gibson](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1287245)

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