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Victor Rousseau
1879–1960
A prolific early 20th-century storyteller, he wrote adventure tales, mysteries, and science fiction for magazines and books on both sides of the Atlantic. His work helped shape the lively world of pulp fiction, where fast plots and strange ideas ruled.
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About the author
Born Avigdor Rousseau Emanuel in January 1879, Victor Rousseau was a British-born writer who later worked in both Britain and the United States. He published under several names, including Victor Rousseau, and built a long career writing novels, serials, and magazine fiction.
He became especially known for adventure stories, mysteries, and speculative fiction, with work appearing in popular pulp magazines during the first half of the 20th century. His fiction reached readers who loved brisk storytelling, exotic settings, and imaginative twists, and he remained active across a wide range of popular genres.
Rousseau died on April 6, 1960, in Tarrytown, New York. Today he is remembered as one of the versatile professional writers of the pulp era, able to move easily between thriller, fantasy, and science-fiction storytelling.