 Pseudonym of George Anthony Armstrong Willis. He was born in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada to English parents. The family returned to England in the early 1900s. He was an author, dramatist, and essayist. He is the creator of 'Jimmie Rezaire', a gentleman crook. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Jimmie Rezaire' Novels | |
| 1) Jimmie Rezaire (US Title: The Trail of Fear [1927]) | 1927 |
| 2) The Secret Trail | 1928 |
| 3) The Trail of the Lotto | 1929 |
| 4) The Trail of the Black King | 1931 |
| 5) The Poison Trail | 1932 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Patrick, Undergraduate | 1926 |
| 2) Well Caught (play) | 1932 |
| 3) The Eleventh Hour (play) | 1933 |
| 4) In the Dentist's Chair (play) | 1933 |
| 5) Ten Minute Alibi (play) | 1933 |
| 6) Without Witness (with Harold Simpson) | 1934 |
| 7) Mile-Away Murder (play) | 1937 |
| 8) The End of the Road (short story) | 1943 |
| 9) When the Bells Rang (with Bruce Graeme) | 1943 |
| 10) No Higher Mountain | 1951 |
| 11) He Was Found in the Road | 1952 |
| 12) Spies in Amber (US Title: A Room at the Hotel Ambre [1956]) | 1956 |
| 13) The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham | 1957 |
| 14) One Jump Ahead | 1972 |