Laurence Meynell

Laurence Walter Meynell (1899–1989) was the English author of over 150 books.^[1]

Life

He was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Herbert Meynell and his wife Agnes Mary Sollom; he became a professional writer in the 1920s. A contemporary satire Mockbeggar from 1924 won the Harrap fiction prize.^[1]

Meynell wrote juvenile literature as Valerie Baxter and A. Stephen Tring. He also wrote detective fiction, with recurring private eye character Hooky Hefferman.^[1]

Notes

1. Morse, Elizabeth J. "Meynell, Laurence Walter". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58992. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)