author
Nelson Lloyd
1873–1933
A newspaper writer turned novelist, he brought quick observation and a reporter’s eye to fiction, travel, and commentary. His books range from light novels to war writing, giving readers a glimpse of an energetic literary life in the early 1900s.
4 Audiobooks
The Chronic Loafer
by Nelson Lloyd
The Soldier of the Valley
by Nelson Lloyd
David Malcolm
by Nelson Lloyd
About the author
Born in Philadelphia in 1873, he studied electrical engineering at Pennsylvania State College and graduated in 1892. While at Penn State, he edited the student newspaper The Free Lance, an early sign that writing—not engineering—would shape his career.
After college, he worked for the New York Evening Sun from the 1890s into 1909. According to Penn State’s archival notes, he reported on the Portsmouth Peace Conference after the Russo-Japanese War and traveled with William Jennings Bryan in connection with that coverage.
He went on to publish many short stories and several novels, including The Chronic Loafer, A Drone and a Dreamer, The Soldier of the Valley, and David Malcolm. He died in 1933, leaving behind a body of work that reflects both a journalist’s experience and a storyteller’s interest in character and place.