author
Samuel W. Odell
1864–1948
A lawyer by profession and a novelist by inclination, he wrote historical romances and early speculative fiction with a taste for grand settings and big ideas. His books range from biblical retellings to far-future conflict, giving his work an unusual mix of adventure, imagination, and old-style drama.
1 Audiobook
The Princess Athura: A romance of Iran
by Samuel W. Odell
About the author
Samuel W. Odell (1864–1948) was an American lawyer and author. Reliable catalog and reference sources identify him as a U.S. writer who also worked in law, and surviving bibliographic records connect him with novels and romances as well as early speculative fiction.
His known books include The Princess Athura: A Romance of Iran, and genre references also credit him with works such as Atlanteans and The Last War; or, The Triumph of the English Tongue. That range suggests a writer who was comfortable moving between historical, romantic, and imaginative material rather than staying in a single lane.
Detailed biographical information appears to be limited in widely available sources, but the basic outline is clear: he was born in 1864, died in 1948, practiced law, and left behind a small but varied body of fiction that still turns up in library catalogs, public-domain collections, and genre bibliographies.