Ottwell Binns

Born on February 11, 1872, Ottwell Binns was a British novelist and Unitarian minister. He wrote a large number of popular novels, especially adventure stories and mysteries, and is also remembered for at least one science-fiction tale, Dan Yeo; Or, The Island of the Lost.

Reference works describe him as a very prolific author whose books appeared mainly from the late 1910s into the 1930s. He also wrote under the names Ben Bolt and Benjamin Bolt, particularly for detective and adventure fiction.

Binns died on November 27, 1935. Though not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his mix of suspense, action, and old-style storytelling still gives his work a distinctive appeal.