Walter S. Masterman

Walter (Sydney) Masterman (December 19, 1876 – May 16, 1946) was an English author of mystery, fantasy, horror and science fiction.

Biography

Masterman was born in Wimbledon, London on December 19, 1876, the son of Thomas William Masterman. Initially educated at Tonbridge and Weymouth College, he entered Christ's College, Cambridge in 1897, where he was a football blue. Served as a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Welsh Regiment in the Second Boer War, 1900-02; was made a Captain in 1901. He was the joint headmaster of Horsmonden School, Kent, 1903-05. Also served in the Great War as a Major with the Welsh Regiment (1914-19) and died at Brighton on May 16, 1946.

Bibliography

* The Wrong Letter (1926)
* The Curse of the Reckaviles (1927)
* 2 LO (1928)
* The Green Toad (1929)
* The Bloodhounds Bay (1930)
* The Flying Beast (1932)
* Murder Beacon (1932), written with L. Patrick Green
* The Nameless Crime (1932)
* The Crime of the Reckaviles (1934)
* Death Turns Traitor (1936)
* The Rose of Death (1936)
* The Avenger Strikes (1937)
* The Border Line (1937)
* The Baddington Horror (1938)
* The Hunted Man (1938)
* The Wrong Verdict (1938)

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