Herbert Strang

Herbert Strang was not one person but the shared pseudonym of George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947). The pair are best known for adventure stories for boys, especially historical and contemporary tales written in a lively, accessible style.

Both men worked at Oxford University Press, where they were associated with its juvenile publishing work. Their fiction appeared during the great age of British boys' adventure writing, and the Herbert Strang name became attached to stories of travel, conflict, loyalty, and practical courage.

They also wrote for girls under the name Mrs. Herbert Strang. Today, the Herbert Strang byline is remembered less as a single authorial personality than as a successful literary partnership that helped shape popular children's reading in the early 1900s.