Roland Ashford Phillips

Roland Ashford Phillips was an American author born in New Jersey on May 10, 1884, and he died in New York in March 1969. Reference sources describe him as a busy magazine writer who published under his own name and also used some unidentified pen names.

His work appeared in popular periodicals of the early 1900s, including stories such as Karl the Stripling, The Lure, and The Missing—What? He also contributed articles to Scientific American, showing a range that went beyond straight fiction.

Readers of fantastic adventure are most likely to know him for Golden Isle (1925). The novel was noted for its submarine-like yacht and lost-world setting, a good example of the energetic, imaginative storytelling that linked pulp adventure with early science fiction.