Just W. Flood

Just W. Flood, or Just Wright Flood, was a Norwegian author born in Heddal in 1850 and died in 1936. Store norske leksikon identifies him as a writer of maritime fiction and notes that his main run of books appeared between 1881 and 1886.

During those years he published a string of sea tales, including Fem Aar til sjøs, Smuglergods, Fra Hav og Strand, Fra Land og Sjø, and Sjømænd og Gullgravere. The titles alone give a good sense of his world: ships, coasts, hard travel, and adventure at sea.

He was also part of a literary family. Store norske leksikon notes that he was the brother of Jørgen W. Flood and the father of writer Ingeborg Flood. I couldn’t confirm a suitable portrait image from the sources I checked, so no profile photo is included.