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John Oakley
1868–1945
An English novelist whose fiction ranged from late-Victorian storytelling to wartime adventure, he is now best remembered for collaborating with his wife, Nancy Oakley, on the mystery novel The Clevedon Case.
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The Clevedon Case
by Nancy (Novelist) Oakley, John Oakley
About the author
John Oakley was an English author born on 7 August 1868 and died on 15 January 1945. He published fiction across several decades, with known titles including That Wilmslow Girl (1895) and A Gentleman in Khaki: A Story of the South African War (1900).
He is especially associated with The Clevedon Case (1923), a novel he co-wrote with his wife, Nancy Oakley. That partnership gives his work an added historical interest, linking him both to popular fiction of his time and to the husband-and-wife writing teams that occasionally surfaced in early 20th-century publishing.
Although not a widely documented literary figure today, Oakley remains part of the long tail of English popular fiction, with some of his work still preserved through public-domain and library collections.