Ambrose Flack

Ambrose J. Flack (March 16, 1902 – April 1, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for writing the short story “The Strangers That Came To Town.” From the 1930s to 1969, Flack wrote stories and articles for The Saturday Evening Post, The New Yorker, and other publications. He also authored a teleplay, “Make Way for Teddy,” and two novels, “Family on the Hill” (1945) and “Room for Mr. Roosevelt” (1951). Flack’s signature achievement, “The Strangers That Came to Town,” was an early literary examination of bigotry and prejudice in small-town America that pre-dated the similarly-themed “To Kill a Mockingbird.” He primarily wrote in English.