Edward Streeter (August 1, 1891 in Buffalo, New York - March 31, 1976 in New York City) was an American novelist and journalist, best known for the 1949 novel ''Father of the Bride'' and his ''Dere Mable'' series.
Streeter began his career as a reporter for the Buffalo, New York newspaper the ''Buffalo Express'' as a war correspondent and travel writer. He grew in notoriety with his "Dere Mable" letters, a humorous column from an illiterate soldier writing home. Serialized between 1917 and 1919 in the "Gas Attack", they were inspired by Streeter's time spent on an army base (Camp Wadsworth, near Spartansburg SC) during World War I. The humorous letters were compiled in 1919 in Streeter's first full-length book ''Dere Mabel''.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by Edward Streeter.Dere Mable by Edward Streeter.