author
A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
1881–1945
Known for vivid adventure stories set in Canada’s North, this Irish-born writer brought Mountie fiction and frontier drama to a wide magazine audience. His work blended pulp excitement with a feel for the landscapes and communities of the Northwest.
2 Audiobooks
Arctic angels
by A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
The Arctic legions
by A. De Herries (Augustus De Herries) Smith
About the author
Born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1881, Augustus De Herries Smith later made his life in Canada after years of travel, including time in the South Pacific. He became associated with Edmonton and built a varied writing career that reached newspapers, magazines, and books.
He is best remembered for action-filled northern and Mountie stories published under the name A. De Herries Smith. Sources also describe him as a writer of textbooks, a novelist, and a contributor of humorous columns to the Edmonton Bulletin, showing a range that went beyond pulp adventure alone.
Smith died in 1945. Today he remains an interesting figure for readers who enjoy early 20th-century frontier fiction, especially stories of the Canadian North with harsh settings, strong momentum, and a distinctly popular-magazine style.