author
Eric Wood
Best known as the pen name of Frank Knowles Campling, this British writer produced adventure stories, detective fiction, and boys' books in the early 20th century. His work appeared in popular magazines and in a long list of books that mixed action, mystery, and speculative ideas.
1 Audiobook
The Boy's Book of the Sea
by Eric Wood
About the author
Writing as Eric Wood, Frank Knowles Campling was a British author active in the early decades of the 20th century. Reference sources identify Campling as the person behind the pen name, and surviving bibliographies show that he wrote widely for boys' papers and magazines as well as in book form.
His fiction ranged across juvenile adventure, crime, and early science fiction. Bibliographies of his work include titles such as The Mystery of Maybury Manor, Death of an Oddfellow, and The Jungle Men: A Story of 2928 A.D., which suggests a writer comfortable moving between classic mystery plotting and imaginative future-set storytelling.
Much of his writing was made for popular readers rather than literary prestige, which is part of its charm today. For listeners who enjoy vintage fiction, his books offer a window into the fast-paced magazine and adventure tradition that shaped so much early 20th-century popular storytelling.