He was an editor at the Guelph Daily Mercury between 19. His first writing success came in 1902 when the Brantford Courier accepted a mystery story from him, and he became a reporter there (for five dollars a week). These early novels were rejected by publishers. Before graduating from high school, he had written four novels, one of which was a 70,000 word romance about Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. He attended high school there at the Brantford Collegiate Institute. Thomas Bertram Costain (– October 8, 1965) was a Canadian-American journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57.Ĭostain was born in Brantford, Ontario to John Herbert Costain and Mary Schultz. Gold medallion, Canadian Club of New York Doctor of Letters, University of Western Ontario
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