author
Thomson Burtis
1896–1971
Adventure, aviation, and pulp-era energy run through the work of this prolific American storyteller, whose flying experience helped give his fiction a lived-in sense of action. He wrote hundreds of magazine stories and more than twenty novels, many aimed at younger readers and built around aircraft, danger, and daring.
8 Audiobooks
Medium boiled
by Thomson Burtis
Direct methods
by Thomson Burtis
When the squadron dropped anchor
by Thomson Burtis
Salute
by Thomson Burtis
Moonlight and moonshine
by Thomson Burtis
Marston and me
by Thomson Burtis
The Kink
by Thomson Burtis
About the author
Born in New York in 1896, Thomson Burtis built a writing career out of speed, action, and firsthand knowledge of flight. Before turning fully to fiction, he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Service and was also part of the aerial border patrol, experience that later shaped many of his stories.
He went on to work as a newspaper reporter and then became a remarkably productive author. Burtis published more than two hundred stories in pulp magazines, especially adventure magazines, and wrote over twenty novels. A large share of his books centered on aviation and were written for younger readers, which helped make him a familiar name to fans of flying stories in the early and mid-20th century.
Several of his works were adapted for film, and his fiction is still remembered for its brisk pace and enthusiasm for airplanes and airborne adventure. He died in 1971.