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The Author & Journalist was a monthly writers' magazine started by editor and author Willard E. Hawkins (1887-1970) and published in Denver, Colorado. It lasted until the issue of March-April 1969, by which time it was published by Larston D. Farrar in Washington, D.C.. During the pulp magazine era, it was a de facto trade journal, alongside Writer's Digest, for the pulp publishers and freelance contributors.

History
The magazine was originally titled The Student Writer, and ran under that name from January 1916 through September 1923. It focused on writing technique. Editor Hawkins was a regular contributor to the pulps, even placing the lead story in the first issue of pioneering fantasy magazine Weird Tales (March 1923).

The magazine steadily added an emphasis on the freelance magazine market. With the December 1921 issue, it was published in a greatly enlarged form, including the Literary Market Tips column which listed the needs of buying periodicals, and the quarterly Handy Market List which attempted to list the majority of freelance markets for writers. With this issue, future editor David Raffelock (1896-1988) joined the editorial staff.

Edwin Hunt Hoover (1887-1972), whose fiction was found in People's Story Magazine and other pulp-fiction magazines, joined the editorial staff with the September 1923 issue.

With the October 1923 issue, the magazine was renamed The Author & Journalist.

With the December 1928 issue, John T. Bartlett (~1892-1947), business editor, became half-owner, with wife Margaret A. Bartlett (1892-1949), of the magazine and business manager. They used savings accumulated as freelance writers. The couple worked together in 1909 on the editorial staff of the Pinkerton Academy yearbook The Critic. Both were also students of poet Robert Frost at Pinkerton.

With the May 1940 issue, John T. and Margaret A. Bartlett became sole owners of the magazine. Hawkins stepped down as editor, but remained to write The Student Writer column.

John T. Bartlett died on January 23, 1947, leaving Margaret as the sole owner. In the December 1949 issue, Margaret A. Bartlett announced that it would be her last issue as editor. She died, following a lengthy illness, on November 28, 1949. Alan Swallow, author of the Advising the Beginner column, purchased the magazine with three friends. Raffelock and Swallow shared editing responsibilities.