author
Hylton Cleaver
1891–1961
Best known for lively boys’ adventure and boarding-school stories, he also brought the same energy to crime fiction and sports writing. His work ranges from school tales like Captains of Harley to books shaped by a deep interest in rowing, boxing, rugby, and show jumping.
1 Audiobook
Captains of Harley: A School Story
by Hylton Cleaver
About the author
Born in 1891, Hylton Cleaver was an English writer whose career stretched across fiction and journalism. Reliable library and reference sources describe him as a prolific author of boys’ adventure stories, especially traditional British boarding-school tales, while also noting that he wrote crime fiction.
He was closely associated with sports writing as well. Sources describe him as a sporting journalist who covered events such as rowing, boxing, rugby football, and equestrian sport, and they also credit him with nonfiction books on sport, including a history of rowing.
Cleaver died in 1961. Although he is not widely known today, his books still interest readers who enjoy classic school stories, vintage popular fiction, and older sports literature.