Born: 07/11/1881   Portland
Died: 02/18/1964
Parents: Thomas Kelland (weaver) and Margaret Budington Kelland (proprietor of a millinery shop)
Spouse: Betty Caroline Smith
Children: Thomas and Horace
Address(es):
Last known address:
Scottsdale , AZ

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town - Movie based on Kelland story	Fiction , Humor	Adult	Burbank, CA : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	1989
	Death Keeps a Secret	Fiction , Mystery	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1956
	Scattergood Baines Pulls the Strings	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1941
	Roxana	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1939
	Valley of the Sun	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1939
	Gold	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1931
	The Steadfast Heart	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1923
	Scattergood Baines	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1921
	Highflyers - World War I	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1919
	The Source	Fiction	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1917
	Into His Own : The Story of an Airedale	Fiction	Adult	Philadelphia, PA. : David McKay	1915
	The Hidden Spring : A Novel	Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1915
	The American Boy's Workshop - Includes plans for a boat	Non Fiction	Children	Philadelphia, PA. : David McKay	1914
	Mark Tidd - Several titles for boys about Mark Tidd	Fiction	Children	New York, N.Y. : Harper	1913 -1929
	- He wrote about 60 novels and over 200 short stories
	Scattergood Baines - Serial in The Saturday Evening Post

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed says, "Best remembered for his character 'Scattergood Baines', Mr. Kelland was vice-president and director of Phoenix (Arizona) Newspaper Inc. at the time of his death. He worked for The Detroit News until becoming editor of the magazine American Boy. His first novel appeared in 1913, and his last in 1960. He wrote about 60 novels and over 200 short stories. 'Scattergood' ran as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post. He spent one year overseas during World War I as director of publicity of the YMCA. Active in Republican politics, he served as national and later as state committeeman."

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