Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939), also known under his pseudonym S.S. Van Dine, was a U.S art critic and author. He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio. He also wrote several other works, mostly non-fictional.