E. Phillips

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866–1946) was an English novelist known for thrillers, spy fiction, mystery stories, romance, and adventure. Born in Tottenham, London, he initially worked in his father’s leather business before writing became his full-time career. He published more than 100 novels and also wrote under the pseudonym Anthony Partridge.

During World War I, Oppenheim served in Britain’s Ministry of Information, an experience that informed his stories of diplomacy, secret agents, and international conspiracies. His widely read works include The Great Impersonation, The Double Traitor, The Moving Finger, and The Evil Shepherd. He spent much of his later life on the French Riviera and died in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, in 1946.