Roland Ashford Phillips

Born in 1884 and died in 1969, Roland Ashford Phillips was an American author who wrote under his own name and also used unidentified pseudonyms. He contributed fiction to magazines and is also noted as having written articles for Scientific American.

Phillips is remembered today through surviving pulp and magazine fiction, as well as the many works attributed to him in public-domain collections. Reference sources also note his connection to speculative adventure, including Golden Isle from 1925.

Much of his reputation now comes from the sheer range of his output: popular stories, serial fiction, and adventure writing made for a broad readership. For listeners who enjoy rediscovering lesser-known early American storytellers, his work offers a glimpse into the energetic world of magazine fiction from that era.