Gordon Casserly

Born in Dublin in 1869, Gordon Casserly was the pen name of James Henry Gordon Casserly. He served in the Indian Army, and that experience shaped much of his writing, giving his books a strong sense of place and detail.

He wrote both nonfiction and fiction. His works include The Land of the Boxers; or, China Under the Allies and Life in an Indian Outpost, as well as adventure and supernatural novels such as The Elephant God, The Jungle Girl, The Monkey God, and Tiger Girl. Many of his stories draw on frontier life, military settings, and the animals and landscapes of South Asia.

Casserly died in Brighton in 1947. He is remembered for energetic, atmospheric writing that brings early twentieth-century imperial adventure fiction to life, while also preserving a personal record of military service in India.