Rowland Walker

Rowland Walker (1876–1947) was a British author known mainly for adventure fiction for younger readers. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as a UK writer of tales for boys, and it highlights several of his more fantastic adventure novels, including The Phantom Airman (1920), By Airship to the Tropics (1923), The Lost Expedition (1924), and Phantom Island (1925).

His work often leaned toward aviation and high adventure. Public-domain editions and library listings show titles such as Dastral of the Flying Corps, The Phantom Airman, and Under Wolfe's Flag, suggesting a range that stretched from wartime flying stories to historical adventure. The Phantom Airman, one of his best-known books today, imagines a bitter former German flyer turning to airborne outlawry after the First World War.

Although not as famous now as some of his contemporaries, Walker remains of real interest to readers who enjoy classic boys' fiction, early aviation tales, and vintage speculative adventure. Several of his books have survived through projects such as Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep his stories available for modern readers.