E. J. (Edith Janice) Craine

Born in Ohio in 1881, Edith Janice Craine is listed in library records as the author of Pharaoh's Knob: A Comedy in One Act (1919). Reference sources also describe her as a U.S. bookkeeper as well as a writer, though details of her later life are not clear.

Craine is best remembered for a run of young-adult adventure books published in the 1920s and 1930s. Science-fiction and fantasy reference sources note that she wrote many juvenile titles, especially the Airplane Boys books, which mixed mystery, fast-moving action, and the era's fascination with aviation.

Several of her works remain accessible through major public-domain and library collections, including The Air Mystery of Isle La Motte, Airplane Boys in the Black Woods, Airplane Boys at Platinum River, and Airplane Boys Discover the Secrets of Cuzco. Some titles also appeared under alternate series names and pseudonymous versions, a sign of how actively her stories circulated for young readers of the time.