author
H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene
1892–1947
Remembered for brisk, action-filled aviation fiction, this early pulp writer drew on a life in journalism and a strong feel for wartime flying. His surviving work captures both the danger and the rough humor of World War I air service life.
2 Audiobooks
The lucky little stiff
by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene
In the line of duty
by H. P. S. (Henry Paul Stevens) Greene
About the author
Henry Paul Stevens Greene was an American writer, usually published as H. P. S. Greene, and is listed in library and public-domain records with the dates 1892–1947. He is associated especially with aviation adventure fiction, including The Lucky Little Stiff and In the Line of Duty.
Sources available online describe him as a newspaper man who wrote aviation stories from the late 1920s into the 1940s for pulp magazines such as Wings, Air Stories, Sky Fighters, and Aces. That background helps explain the direct, fast-moving style of his fiction, which often centers on pilots, wartime pressure, and the camaraderie and absurdity of military life.
A great deal about Greene's personal life remains hard to confirm from easily available sources, so the clearest picture comes through the work itself and the records attached to it. His stories have endured through archives and public-domain editions, keeping his name alive for readers who enjoy classic flying tales and early popular adventure fiction.