Herbert Strang

Herbert Strang was the joint pseudonym of George Herbert Ely (1866–1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867–1947), two English writers best known for adventure stories for boys. They are closely associated with Oxford University Press, where they worked in the juvenile department and developed a long-running partnership as editors and authors.

Writing as Herbert Strang, they produced historical adventures as well as modern-day tales, often built around action, exploration, and patriotic energy. Reference sources also note that some of their books touched on early speculative ideas such as airships and submarines, giving parts of their work a light science-fiction flavor.

Today, the name Herbert Strang is remembered less as one individual author than as a successful literary collaboration. For readers interested in classic juvenile fiction, the books offer a window into the tastes, themes, and storytelling style of British popular writing in the early 1900s.