H. Bedford-Jones

Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (April 29, 1887 – May 6, 1949) was a Canadian historical, adventure fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.

After being encouraged to try writing by his friend, writer William Wallace Cook, Bedford-Jones began writing dime novels and pulp magazine stories. Bedford-Jones was an enormously prolific writer; the pulp editor Harold Hersey once recalled meeting Bedford-Jones in Paris, where he was working on two novels simultaneously, each story on its own separate typewriter. Bedford-Jones cited Alexandre Dumas as his main influence, and wrote a sequel to Dumas' The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan (1928). He wrote over 100 novels, earning the nickname "King of the Pulps". His works appeared in a number of pulp magazines. Bedford-Jones' main publisher was Blue Book magazine; he also appeared inAdventure, All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Short Stories, Top-Notch Magazine, The Magic Carpet/Oriental Stories, Golden Fleece, Ace-High Magazine, People's Story Magazine, Hutchinson's Adventure-Story Magazine,Detective Fiction Weekly, Western Story Magazine, and Weird Tales.

Bedford-Jones wrote numerous works of historical fiction dealing with several different eras, including Ancient Rome, the Viking era, seventeenth century France and Canada during the "New France" era. Bedford-Jones produced several fantasy novels revolving around Lost Worlds, including The Temple of the Ten (1921, with W. C. Robertson).

In addition to writing fiction, Bedford-Jones also worked as a journalist for the Boston Globe, and wrote poetry. Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner and Vincent Starrett.

partial list

• Blood Royal (People's, 1914)
• John Solomon, Supercargo (Argosy, 1914) John Solomon #2
• Solomon's Quest (People's, 1915) John Solomon #3
• Gentleman Solomon (People's, 1915) John Solomon #4
• The Seal of John Solomon (Argosy, 1915) John Solomon #5
• Solomon's Carpet (Argosy, 1915) John Solomon #6
• The Shawl of Solomon (People's, 1917) John Solomon #9
• John Solomon, Retired ("People's, 1917) John Solomon #11
• Sword Flame (All Story Weekly, 1918)
• Arizona Argonauts (Short Stories, 1920)
• The Temple of the Ten (with W. C. Robertson, 1921, book form 1973)
• John Solomon (People's, 1921) John Solomon #13
• John Solomon, Incognito (People's, 1921) John Solomon #14
• The Shadow (1922)
• Pirates' Gold (Adventures 1922)
• Splendour of the Gods (1924)
• The Star Woman (1924)
• D'Artagnan (Adventure, 1928)
• The Wizard of Atlas (1928)
• The Opium Ship (2005)
• The House of Skulls and other Tales from the Pulps (2006)
• The Golden Goshawk (2009) Captain Dan Marquad series
• The Master of Dragons (2011) O'Neill and Burkett series
• The Rajah from Hell (2012)
• The Saga of Thady Shea (2013)
• Wilderness Trail (2013) originally in Blue Book in 1915

Non-fiction

• This Fiction Business (1922, revised 1929)

• H. Bedford-Jones at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Ashley, Mike (1977). Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction. New York: Taplinger. p. 30. ISBN 0-8008-8278-4.
• Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
• Ruber, Peter; Darrell C. Richardson; Victor A. Berch (2003). King of the Pulps:The Life and Writings of H. Bedford-Jones. Eugenia: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. ISBN 1-55246-464-4.