S. Fowler (Sydney Fowler) Wright

Sydney Fowler Wright was born on January 6, 1874, and died on February 25, 1965. Reliable reference sources describe him as a British writer, poet, editor, and screenwriter who also worked as an accountant before becoming widely known for his fiction. He wrote in several genres, including science fiction, mystery, and adventure, and also published under the names Sydney Fowler and Anthony Wingrave.

He is especially remembered for early speculative novels such as Deluge, The Amphibians, The Island of Captain Sparrow, and The World Below. That range helps explain his lasting appeal: he could write sweeping catastrophe stories, imaginative future fiction, detective work, and poetry with equal confidence.

Beyond his fiction, Wright was active as an editor and was also noted in biographical sources for his conservative political interests. Even though some of his views and themes are very much of their time, his best-known books remain part of the history of British popular fiction and early science fiction.