author
Aline Havard
b. 1889
Best known for lively early 20th-century adventure stories for young readers, this writer sent heroines into wartime service, aviation, and other fast-moving settings. Her books have a brisk, upbeat feel that makes them an interesting window into popular fiction of the World War I era.
3 Audiobooks
Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob
by Aline Havard
Captain Lucy in the Home Sector
by Aline Havard
Captain Lucy in France
by Aline Havard
About the author
Published records available online identify her as Aline Havard, born in 1889, and list a body of juvenile fiction that includes Captain Lucy and Lieutenant Bob, Captain Lucy in France, Captain Lucy's Flying Ace, Captain Lucy in the Home Sector, and The Two Runaways.
The surviving catalog and ebook sources suggest that she wrote mainly for younger readers in the 1910s and later, with stories centered on action, patriotism, travel, and capable girls taking on unusual roles. The Captain Lucy books, in particular, connect her work with World War I themes and the growing popularity of aviation and service fiction.
Biographical details beyond those publication records are hard to confirm from reliable sources found here, so her personal life remains somewhat obscure. Even so, the books themselves show a writer interested in momentum, courage, and adventure, and they remain part of the long tradition of early 20th-century children's series fiction.