Biographical Note
Carlton E. Morse (1901-1993) was born in Jennings, Louisiana, in 1901. He and his family moved to Oregon in 1906 following his parents' purchase of a fruit and dairy ranch. After some years, the family relocated to Sacramento, California. Morse attended the University of California at Berkeley but never graduated.
Morse's early career included working as a newspaper writer for the Sacramento Union, covering radio and police news. He wrote for several other newspapers before landing in 1928 at the San Francisco Bulletin. Due to a change in the paper’s ownership, Morse left that job and became a writer for radio station KGO, writing radio musical shows, mystery dramas, and serials. His well-known radio serial, One Man's Family, debuted in 1932 and ran until 1959, becoming one of the longest-running American radio soap operas.
After retiring to Woodside, California, Morse wrote six novels. In 1984, his first wife of sixty years, Patricia De Ball, died. Carlton E. Morse died in 1993 at the age of 91, survived by his second wife, Millie and daughter, Noel.