author
Rowland Walker
1876–1947
Best remembered for brisk, adventurous boys’ stories, this British writer turned out tales of flying, war, and historical action at a lively pace. His books, including The Phantom Airman and Dastral of the Flying Corps, helped make early aviation feel thrilling and immediate to young readers.
3 Audiobooks
The Phantom Airman
by Rowland Walker
Under Wolfe's Flag; or, The Fight for the Canadas
by Rowland Walker
Dastral of the Flying Corps
by Rowland Walker
About the author
Born in 1876 and active under the name Rowland Walker, he was a British author known mainly for boys’ adventure fiction. Reference sources agree that he wrote a large number of tales for younger readers, and surviving catalogs show a range that runs from historical adventures to stories centered on aircraft and military life.
Several of his best-known titles are linked with the era of early flying, including The Phantom Airman and Dastral of the Flying Corps. Science fiction reference sources describe him as a UK writer of tales for boys, while library and public-domain listings show that a number of his books have remained available long after his death in 1947.
Reliable sources located for this profile did not provide a clear portrait image that could be confirmed as him, so no author photo is included here.