Edgar Jepson
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Edgar Alfred Jepson was an English writer, principally of mainstream adventure and detective fiction, but also of some supernatural and fantasy stories that are better remembered. He used a pseudonym
R. Edison Page for some of his many short stories, collaborating at times with John Gawsworth
, Hugh Clevely and possibly Arthur Machen
, long-term friends.
He was editor for a short period of Vanity Fair magazine, where he employed Richard Middleton, and did much to preserve the latter's memory. He was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin
stories of Maurice Leblanc
.
He was a member of the Square Club
(from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and also one of the more senior of the New Bohemians drinking club.
As a literary dynasty: his son Selwyn Jepson
was known as a crime writer; his daughter Margaret (married name Birkinshaw) published novels as Margaret Jepson (including Via Panama) and as Pearl Bellairs; and Margaret's daughter Franklin is the writer Fay Weldon
. The Jepson domestic arrangements are commented on second-hand in Weldon's autobiographical writing.
Jepson was friends with the English mystery writer Hugh Clevely and even shared the same pseudonym "Tod Claymore." They co-wrote the novel "The Man With the Amber Eyes."
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
R. Edison Page for some of his many short stories, collaborating at times with John Gawsworth
John Gawsworth
John Gawsworth , a pseudonym of Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong , was a British writer, poet and compiler of anthologies, both of poetry and of short stories. He also used the pseudonym Orpheus Scrannel...
, Hugh Clevely and possibly Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror...
, long-term friends.
He was editor for a short period of Vanity Fair magazine, where he employed Richard Middleton, and did much to preserve the latter's memory. He was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin
Arsène Lupin is a fictional character who appears in a book series of detective fiction / crime fiction novels written by French writer Maurice Leblanc, as well as a number of non-canonical sequels and numerous film, television such as Night Hood, stage play and comic book adaptations.- Overview :A...
stories of Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes.- Biography :Leblanc was born in...
.
He was a member of the Square Club
Square Club
Square Club may be*Square Club , a dining club in Edwardian London*Harlem Square Club in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, FL known for soul music...
(from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and also one of the more senior of the New Bohemians drinking club.
As a literary dynasty: his son Selwyn Jepson
Selwyn Jepson
Selwyn Jepson was a British author, of the Far House, Farther Common, Liss, Hants.His father was the mystery/detective author Edgar Alfred Jepson , his mother was Frieda Holmes, daughter of the musician Henry Holmes. His sister Margaret , also a novelist, was the mother of Fay Weldon.Jepson was...
was known as a crime writer; his daughter Margaret (married name Birkinshaw) published novels as Margaret Jepson (including Via Panama) and as Pearl Bellairs; and Margaret's daughter Franklin is the writer Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon CBE is an English author, essayist and playwright, whose work has been associated with feminism. In her fiction, Weldon typically portrays contemporary women who find themselves trapped in oppressive situations caused by the patriarchal structure of British society.-Biography:Weldon was...
. The Jepson domestic arrangements are commented on second-hand in Weldon's autobiographical writing.
Jepson was friends with the English mystery writer Hugh Clevely and even shared the same pseudonym "Tod Claymore." They co-wrote the novel "The Man With the Amber Eyes."
Works
- The Man With the Amber Eyes (Co. Hugh Clevely)
- Sir Jones (as Jean F. Darrell Poges)
- Sibyl Falcon (1895)
- The Keepers of the People (1898)
- On the Edge of Empire (1899) with David Beames
- The Dictator’s Daughter (1902)
- The Horned Shepherd (1904)
- Lady Noggs, Peeress (1905) children’s stories
- The admirable tinker : child of the world (1904)
- The Four Philanthropists (1907)
- Tangled Wedlock (1908)
- The Mystery of the Myrtles (1909)
- The Girls’ Head (1910)
- Lord Lisdor (1910)
- No.19 aka The Garden at 19 (1910)
- Pollyooly (1911) children's stories
- Captain Sentimental and other stories (1911)
- House On The Mall (1911)
- The Man with the Black Feather by Gaston LerouxGaston LerouxGaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera , which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon...
(1912) translator - Terrible Twins (1913)
- The second Pollyooly book (1914) children's stories
- The triumph of Tinker
- Alice Devine (1916)
- The Professional Prince (1917)
- Ann Annington (1918)
- The Loudwater MysteryThe Loudwater Mystery (novel)The Loudwater Mystery is crime novel by the British writer Edgar Jepson which was first published in 1920. Police are called in to investigate the suspicous death of Lord Loudwater and eventually deduce he was murdered by his private secretary.-Adaptation:...
(1920) - Prince In Petrograd (1922)
- Lady Noggs Assists (1924)
- Buried Rubies (1926)
- Emerald Tiger (1928)
- Cuirass Of Diamonds (1929)
- The Moon Gods (1930)
- Memories of a Victorian (1933) Autobiography
- Memories of an Edwardian and Neo-Georgian (1937) Autobiography