H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

Born in Codys, New Brunswick, on July 3, 1872, Hiram Alfred Cody was both a novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He studied at King’s College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and was ordained in 1896, beginning a ministry that included parish work in New Brunswick and missionary service in Whitehorse.

Alongside his church work, he built a successful writing career and published 25 books, including several bestsellers. His fiction often drew on Canadian settings and experience, especially the Yukon and Atlantic Canada, giving his stories a strong regional character while keeping them readable and fast-moving.

Cody died in Saint John, New Brunswick, on February 9, 1948. Today he is remembered as a writer who helped bring Canadian places and themes to a broad popular audience in the early 20th century.