Charles J Finger

Charles Joseph Finger (1869-1941) was a British-born American writer and an accomplished musician, teaching piano and directing orchestras. In 1925 he won the Newbery Medal for his book Tales from Silver Lands (1924). In 930 he published an autobiography, Seven Horizons. His views on Oscar Wilde are interesting in that Finger himself was a bisexual who throughout his life helped to create communities of like-minded readers. In 1902, he married Eleanor Ferguson, with whom he had five children.