Cecil Henry Bullivant

Born in Linslade, Bedfordshire, on 14 October 1882, Cecil Henry Bullivant was a British editor, author, and screenwriter whose career stretched across several corners of popular publishing. He edited The Boys' Herald in the early 1900s and published under a number of names, with Maurice Everard among his best-known pseudonyms.

Bullivant wrote practical amusement books such as Home Fun, along with adventure fiction for young readers, romantic novels, and crime-related titles. Reference sources also credit him with a few works of speculative interest, including The Gold of Treasure Island, The Girl Who Stopped the War, and The Mysteries of Myra, which hint at lost worlds, near-future inventions, and psychic themes.

He also worked in silent films, receiving writing credit on productions including Whose Wife? (1917), The Woman Wins (1918), and The Wife Whom God Forgot (1920). He died in Minehead, Somerset, on 3 February 1981, leaving behind the record of a long and unusually varied writing life.