(Joseph Allan) J. Allan Dunn

Born in London on January 21, 1872, Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn later settled in the United States and built a remarkable career in popular fiction. Before about 1913 he often published as Allan Dunn, and he also used the name Joseph Montague. He died in New York on March 25, 1941.

Dunn became one of the great workhorses of the pulp-magazine era. Reference sources describe him as the author of at least 1,000 stories, with westerns making up more than half of his output, though he also wrote sea stories, mysteries, and adventure fiction.

Readers of fantastic fiction still remember him for novels such as The Treasure of Atlantis and The Flower of Fate, both built around classic lost-world ideas. His career captures the fast-moving, high-energy spirit of the pulps: vivid settings, constant peril, and stories designed to keep readers turning pages.