author
Edgar Charles Middleton
1894–1939
Best known for vivid writing about early aviation and wartime flying, this British author also worked as a playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. His books capture the excitement of flight at the moment it was transforming modern life.
1 Audiobook
The Way of the Air: A Description of Modern Aviation
by Edgar Charles Middleton
About the author
Born in England in 1894, Edgar Charles William Middleton built a varied career that moved between journalism, drama, and fiction. He is especially remembered for writing about aviation during the First World War era, when powered flight still felt new and astonishing.
Alongside his books, he worked as a playwright and later contributed to British film as a screenwriter. That mix of reportage and storytelling gave his work an energetic, accessible quality, especially in books such as The Way of the Air and Glorious Exploits of the Air.
Middleton died in London in 1939, aged 44. Though not widely known today, his writing offers a lively window into the early age of aviation and the popular imagination surrounding it.