author
Richard Savage
1846–1903
An ex-soldier and globe-trotting adventurer, he turned a dramatic life into fast-moving fiction packed with intrigue, danger, and international color. His novels drew on real experience, giving them an energy that helped make him a popular storyteller of the late nineteenth century.
4 Audiobooks
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
by Richard Savage
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
by Richard Savage
In the swim : A story of currents and under-currents in gayest New York
by Richard Savage
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
by Richard Savage
About the author
Born in Utica, New York, in 1846, Richard Henry Savage was an American military officer, lawyer, and novelist. He graduated from West Point, served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and later spent time in Egypt in military service before building a writing career.
Savage became known for producing more than forty novels, many of them adventure and mystery stories loosely inspired by places he had seen and the high-stakes worlds he had moved through. His fiction often blends romance, espionage, travel, and melodrama, which made his work especially lively for readers looking for action and suspense.
He died in New York City in 1903. Today he is remembered as a colorful popular author whose eventful life and prolific output gave his stories a sense of movement and firsthand excitement.