John Reed Scott

Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869, John Reed Scott built a career in law before becoming known as a novelist. Reference works describe him as an American author and lawyer, and note that he was active mainly in the early 1900s.

Scott published a run of popular novels between about 1906 and the late 1910s. His books are often romantic historical adventures or society dramas, including The Colonel of the Red Huzzars, The Princess Dehra, The Woman in Question, and In Her Own Right. Science fiction readers also remember The Duke of Oblivion, a 1914 novel with an unusual lost-world premise.

He died in 1942. Although he is not a widely read name today, many of his books have survived through public-domain archives, where modern readers can still discover his fast-moving plots and old-fashioned flair for adventure.