Willard Motley
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Willard Motley

Willard Motley

July 14, 1909 — Chicago, Illinois, USA

Willard Francis Motley (July 14, 1909 – March 4, 1965) was an American writer. Motley published a column in the African-American oriented Chicago Defender newspaper under the pen-name Bud Billiken. He also 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, which was made into a movie by the same name (1947).

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Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1960