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Edwy Searles Brooks. Edwy Searles Brooks (11 November 1889 – 2 December 1965) was a British novelist who also wrote under the pen-names Berkeley Gray, Victor Gunn, Rex Madison, and Carlton Ross. Brooks was born in Hackney, London. He is believed to have written around 40 million words.
Edwy Searles Brooks was born in Hackney, London on 11th November, 1889. His unusual Christian name is from Edwy the Fair, a Welsh king, and was said to be a celebration of baby Edwy's remarkably fair hair. Edwy's father was a Congregational minister, Reverend George Brooks, born in Morton, Lincolnshire in 1852.
Edwy Searles Brooks' first story was published in 1907 when he was 18. From that time until his death in 1965, he wrote over a hundred novels and more than 2000 other stories. Under the pen-name of Berkeley Gray, he gave us the Norman Conquest novels and as Victor Gunn he wrote the "Ironsides" Cromwell books. From 1915 to 1933, he contributed ...
Nov 13, 2020 · Edwy Searles Brooks was a prolific writer of juvenile story paper fiction, particularly detective stories. He began his writing career in 1907 with the publication of ‘Mr Dorien’s Missing £2000’ in Yes or No magazine.
- Lucy Andrew
- 2020
Edwy Searles Brooks. Brooks was born in Hackney in 1889. He sold his first story at the age of 17 for the princely sum of 30 shillings but struggled to establish himself as an author. His breakthrough came in 1910 when Percy Griffiths asked him to write a serial for the Gem.
Edwy Searles Brooks. born London: 11 November 1889. died London: 2 December 1965. works. In Trackless Space (London: Amalgamated Press, 1920) as by R W Comrade [chap: first appeared 23 August 1919-17 January 1920 Nelson Lee Library: in the publisher's Boys' Friend Library series: pb/uncredited] 'Neath African Skies: The Holiday Adventures of ...
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