Alan Sullivan

Born in Montreal in 1868, Edward Alan Sullivan was a Canadian poet, short-story writer, and novelist. He is especially remembered for historical and adventure fiction, with The Great Divide among his best-known books.

Reference works on his life and writing describe him as a widely read popular author in the first half of the 20th century who produced more than forty books across several genres, including thrillers, historical romance, children's stories, and novels set in northern and western Canada. That range helps explain the energy and movement in his fiction.

Sullivan died in 1947. Although he is not as widely discussed now as some of his contemporaries, his books remain of interest for their storytelling pace and for the way they draw on Canadian settings and history.