 Pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile. He was born in Bodmin, Cornwall. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In the First World War he served with the Royal Engineers in France. In 1922, he resigned his commission with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was married and had two sons. He is the creator of 'Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond', a private detective after the First World War. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond' Novels | |
| 1) Bulldog Drummond | 1920 |
| 2) The Black Gang | 1922 |
| 3) The Third Round (US Title: Bulldog Drummond’s Third Round [1924]) | 1924 |
| 4) The Final Count | 1926 |
| 5) The Female of the Species (Also published as: Bulldog Drummond and the Female of the Species [1943]; and as: Bulldog Drummond Meets a Murderess [1942]) | 1928 |
| 6) Temple Tower | 1929 |
| 7) The Return of Bulldog Drummond (US Title: Bulldog Drummond Returns [1932]) | 1932 |
| 8) Knock-Out (US Title: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back [1933]) | 1933 |
| 9) Bulldog Drummond at Bay | 1935 |
| 10) Challenge | 1937 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Lieutenant and Others (short stories) | 1915 |
| 2) Sergeant Michael Cassidy (US Title: Michael Cassidy, Sergeant [1916]) (short stories) | 1915 |
| 3) Men, Women and Guns (short stories) | 1916 |
| 4) No Man’s Land (short stories) | 1917 |
| 5) The Human Touch (short stories) | 1918 |
| 6) Mufti | 1919 |
| 7) The Man in Ratcatcher, and other stories (short stories) | 1921 |
| 8) The Dinner Club (short stories) | 1923 |
| 9) Jim Maitland (short stories) | 1923 |
| 10) Out of the Blue (short stories) | 1925 |
| 11) Shorty Bill (short story) | 1926 |
| 12) Jim Brent (short stories) | 1926 |
| 13) Word of Honour (short stories) | 1926 |
| 14) John Walters | 1927 |
| 15) The Saving Clause (short stories) | 1927 |
| 16) The Finger of Fate (short stories) | 1930 |
| 17) Tiny Carteret | 1930 |
| 18) The Island of Terror (US Title: Guardians of the Treasure [1931]) | 1931 |
| 19) Ronald Standish (short stories) | 1933 |
| 20) When Carruthers Laughed (short stories) | 1934 |
| 21) Ask for Ronald Standish (short stories) | 1936 |
| 22) "Sapper": The Best Short Stories (short stories) | 1984 |
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