Ward Morehouse III is the author of several books on hotels: The Waldorf-Astoria, Inside the Plaza, and Life at the Top. He has also written a book about New York's historic Hudson Theatre, Discovering the Hudson, and Broadway after Dark. He was chief theater columnist for the New York Post from 1994 to 1998 and continues to contribute to its news and celebrity pages today. He has written theater pieces for the Christian Science Monitor, Reuters News Service, People, and Inside. He is editor of the popular website BroadwayAfterDark.org and wrote the monthly "Checking In" column for Travel Smart Newsletter. He is also the author of the off-Broadway plays The Actors; If It Was Easy, cowritten with Stewart F. Lane; Gangplank; and Beloved Broadway, and he wrote the book for the musical A Night at the Astor.