Evelyn Charles Vivian

Born in 1882 and known professionally as E. Charles Vivian, he was a British editor and prolific author of popular fiction. Reference works describe him as the working name of a writer born Charles Henry Cannell, who later used the name Evelyn Charles Henry Vivian. He also wrote under other bylines, most notably Jack Mann.

He worked on magazines including The English Review, Land and Water, and Flying, and went on to publish around sixty crime novels along with adventure and fantasy fiction. As Jack Mann, he became especially associated with occult and supernatural mysteries, while other books explored lost worlds and strange realms that appealed to early fantasy and science fiction readers.

His career shows how comfortably he moved between genres that were often shelved separately: detective fiction, adventure romance, and the fantastic. That mix has helped keep his name alive among readers interested in early twentieth-century popular fiction, and in the history of weird, fantasy, and science-fiction storytelling.