Thomas Clark Hinkle, (June 12, 1876 - May 13, 1949) was an American novelist. He went to high school in Junction City, Kansas. In 1904 he graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Kansas. In 1908 he married Roxana E. Stevens and together they raised two children. He began writing in the 1920s in a mix of juvenile and western fiction. He specialized in writing stories about horses and dogs. Kirkus Review commented that Hinkle had an "overly...