Justus Miles Forman

Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright.

Justus Miles Forman
Justus Miles Forman
Born	(1875-11-01)November 1, 1875 Le Roy, New York
Died	May 7, 1915(1915-05-07) (aged 39) RMS Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean
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Biography

Forman was born on November 1, 1875, in Le Roy, New York.^[1] He attended Yale University.

His only play, The Hyphen, appeared in 1915 but did not receive the success Forman expected. The Hyphen was a topical drama about "German-Americans" and "Irish-Americans" whose patriotism and fidelity to the United States is questioned due to events in Europe during World War I. Forman hoped that the drama would do better business in a production in London and decided to book a first-class passage aboard the RMS Lusitania. Days before he was to board the liner, however, he received a mysterious phone call from a man with a thick German accent who warned him not to board the Lusitania. Forman ignored the phone call and embarked on the Lusitania on May 1, 1915.^[2] The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking.^[3] His body was never recovered.

Works

• Garden of Lies (1902)
• Jason (1909)
• Bianca's Daughter (1910)
• The Opening Door
• The Unknown Lady
• Journey's End
• Island of Enchantment
• Monsigny: The Soul Of Gold
• Tommy Carteret
• Buchanan’s Wife
• A Modern Ulysses.
• The Quest.
• The Court Of The Angels.
• The Harvest Moon.
• The Six Rubies.