Ridgwell Cullum

Born Sidney Groves Burghard on 13 August 1867, he wrote as Ridgwell Cullum and became a well-known British author of adventure novels. His books were usually set in sparsely populated parts of the United States or Canada, where wilderness, frontier conflict, and survival gave his stories their drive.

Cullum published a large number of novels over more than 30 years, building a reputation for energetic popular fiction with a strong sense of place. One of his novels, Twins of Suffering Creek, was later adapted into a silent film, showing that his work reached beyond the page.

He died on 3 November 1943. Though not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure for readers who enjoy classic adventure fiction and early twentieth-century tales of the North American frontier.