R.R. Ryan
has gained a cult following in recent years as the author of 11
thriller novels published by Herbert Jenkins between 1936-1940. He
is known to have published 11 novels, 7 as R.R. Ryan, 3 as Cameron
Carr, and 1 as John Galton. Several of the novels have grotesque
or bizarre elements, but only one, Echo of a
Curse, is
ostensibly supernatural.
Up until
recently no biographical details about R.R. Ryan were known, and
most commentators surmised that the author was a woman, largely on
the basis of the British Library catalogue, which ascribes
authorship to Rachel R. Ryan. Recent research has found that R.R.
Ryan was the nom de plume of Rex Ryan, itself a psuedonym used by
Evelyn Bradley, a theatrical manager who was born in Waterloo,
Lancashire, in 1883, and who lived much of his adult life in Hove,
Sussex. He took his own life in October 1950.
Titles published as R.R. Ryan
The Right
To Kill,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1936
Devil's
Shelter,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1937
Death of
a Sadist,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1937
The
Subjugated Beast, Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1938
Freak
Museum,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1938
Echo of a
Curse,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1939
No
Escape,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1940
Titles published as Cameron Carr
A New
Face at the Door, Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1937
Gilded
Clay, Herbert
Jenkins Limited (London), 1938
The
Other,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1938
Title published as John Galton
The Stars
I Kneel To,
Herbert Jenkins Limited (London), 1939
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