Johnston McCulley

Johnston McCulley is most famous for creating the character of Zorro, a masked vigilante who defends the common people of California against corrupt officials and other villains.

McCulley's Zorro character has been adapted numerous times for film and television, including the classic 1920 silent film "The Mark of Zorro" starring Douglas Fairbanks and the 1998 film "The Mask of Zorro" starring Antonio Banderas.

The original Zorro story, "The Curse of Capistrano," was serialized in All-Story Weekly in 1919. McCulley continued to write many Zorro adventures, which can generally be read as standalone stories or in publication order.