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Edward Lucas White
1866–1934
A classics teacher, poet, and storyteller, he wrote sweeping historical novels but is now often remembered for eerie tales shaped by his own nightmares. His work moves easily from ancient worlds to unsettling supernatural fiction.
3 Audiobooks
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
by Edward Lucas White
The Unwilling Vestal
by Edward Lucas White
Lukundoo, and other stories
by Edward Lucas White
About the author
Born in Bergen, New Jersey, in 1866, Edward Lucas White became an American writer and poet who spent much of his working life in Baltimore. He studied at Johns Hopkins University and later taught classics, building a career that balanced scholarship, teaching, and imaginative writing.
White published historical novels, poetry, and short fiction. During his lifetime, books such as El Supremo, The Unwilling Vestal, and Andivius Hedulio helped establish his reputation, while later readers especially kept returning to his strange and memorable supernatural stories, including "Lukundoo."
He died in 1934, but his writing still stands out for its unusual range: learned, vivid historical fiction on one side, and haunting weird tales on the other. That mix gives his work a distinctive voice that can feel both bookish and surprisingly unsettling.