Delos Wheeler Lovelace (December 2, 1894 – January 17, 1967)[1] was an American novelist who authored the original novelization of the filmKing Kong (1933) published in 1932 byGrosset & Dunlap, slightly before the film was released. The story was also serialized in 2 parts in February and March 1933 by Walter Ripperger (credited toEdgar Wallace) forMystery magazine.[2] Lovelace was a reporter for theNew York Daily News andNew York Sun in the 1920s.
He authored some two dozen books, including a biography of football coachKnute Rockne and one ofDwight D. Eisenhower. He co-authored three books with his wife.
He was the husband ofMaud Hart Lovelace, author of theBetsy-Tacy books for young readers; they had one daughter, Merian (January 18, 1931 — September 25, 1997).
^California, Death Index, 1940-1997. State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.
^Cynthia Marie Erb,Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture, page 39 (2nd edition, Wayne State University Press, 2009).ISBN978-0-8143-3430-0
