William Alexander Fraser

William Alexander Fraser (24 March 1859 — 9 November 1933) was a Canadian writer.

Fraser was born at River John in Pictou County, Nova Scotia of Scots parents. William moved to the United States to study. Until the age of 14, he studied in New York City and Boston. Then he returned to Canada, where he began to live with his uncle in Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario. In Canada, Fraser became an engineer and was involved in the development of the first oil wells in Western Ontario.

Then he went to Asia for 7 years to search for oil. William lived and worked in Burma and India. He met the writer Rudyard Kipling. They were friends for the rest of his life. In 1889 he married Jessie Maud Barber.

Works The Eye of a God and Other Tales of East and West. New York: 1899, Doubleday & McClure Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries. New York: 1900, Charles Scribner's Sons The Outcasts. New York: 1901, Charles Scribner's Sons Thoroughbreds. Toronto: George N. Morang, 1902. Horse-racing mystery. The Blood Lilies. Toronto: Briggs, 1903. Brave Hearts. New York: Scribner's, 1904. Horse-racing mystery. The Sa'-zada tales. New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1905 Thirteen Men. New York: Appleton, 1906. The Lone Furrow. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1907. The Three Sapphires. Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, 1918. Bulldog Carney. Toronto: McClelland fit Stewart. 1919. Red Meekins. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. 1921. Set in the Cobalt District oí Northern Ontario. Caste. Toronto: Doran. 1922. Delihah Plays the Ponies. Toronto: Musson, 1927. Horse-racing mystery. Sorrow and Old Friends. Philadelphia: H. Altemus, 1987.