Albert Leffingwell

Albert Fear Leffingwell (April 24, 1895 – 1946) was an American advertising executive and novelist. He wrote crime and mystery thrillers under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms "Dana Chambers" and "Giles Jackson". Biography Leffingwell was born April 24, 1895, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the first son of Dr. Albert Tracy Leffingwell, and Dr. Elizabeth Fear. He had two brothers: Thomas Arthur Leffingwell former Mayor of Aurora, New York and Dr. Dana Jackson Leffingwell, Associate Professor of Zoology at the State College of Washington. Albert Leffingwell graduated from Harvard University in 1916. While still at Harvard, he wrote a book of poetry, Castles in Spain, and had two poems published in the Harvard publication, Made to Order. Leffingwell served in World War I in France as a member of the Intelligence Department, 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, under the command of General John F. O'Ryan.