Everett McNeil

Born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, in 1862, Henry Everett McNeil wrote under the name Everett McNeil. He attended Milton College, later became known as a popular children's author in the 1910s and 1920s, and published many historical and outdoor adventure stories for boys.

His fiction often leaned toward action, exploration, and dramatic settings rather than heavy moral lessons. Among his better-known books are The Hermit of the Culebra Mountains, The Lost Treasure Cave, and The Lost Nation, and his work also appeared in magazines such as Boys' Life.

McNeil lived in New York and was part of the Kalem Club, the literary circle associated with H. P. Lovecraft. Sources also note that he served in the Spanish-American War. He died in Tacoma, Washington, in 1929.