H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones

Born in Napanee, Ontario, in 1887, Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones became one of the most prolific popular writers of his era. He later became a naturalized U.S. citizen, and his fiction ranged widely across historical adventure, crime, westerns, fantasy, and science fiction.

Bedford-Jones made his name in the pulp-magazine world, where his huge output and fast-paced storytelling earned him the nickname "King of the Pulps." Reference sources consistently describe him as extraordinarily productive, with well over 100 novels and a vast number of shorter stories published under his own name and several pseudonyms.

His work was shaped by a love of classic adventure fiction, especially Alexandre Dumas, and that influence shows in the energy and sweep of his historical tales. He died in 1949, but his reputation has lasted because he wrote the kind of stories that move: colorful settings, danger on every page, and heroes who are always in the thick of it.