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Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. He worked as a news correspondent in South Africa for the San Francisco Chronicle, and then as editorial assistant for the San Francisco Wave. He worked for McClure's Magazine as a war correspondent in Cuba during the Spanish–American War in 1898. He joined the New York City publishing firm of Doubleday & Page in 1899. He wrote several novels include: McTeague, The Octopus: A Story of California, The Pit, Vandover and the Brute, and A Man's Woman.