Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey (1861-1922) was an American dime novelist and pulp fiction writer. In 1891, Street & Smith hired him to continue the series begun by John R. Coryell, on the adventures of Nick Carter. Writing as Varick Vanardy, he created the "The Night Wind", who appeared in stories from 1913 to the early 1920s. Collected into 4 books, these have been recently reprinted by Wildside Press: Alias, The Night Wind (1913), Return of the Night...