Albert Flynn
Sir Albert Flynn KCB | |
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Born | Joshua Albert Flynn 15 September 1863 Sheerness, Kent |
Died | 8 October 1933 | (aged 70)
Pen name | Owen Oliver |
Occupation | Civil servant and author |
Alma mater | University of London |
Genre | Science fiction |
Sir Joshua Albert Flynn
Early life and family
Joshua Albert Flynn was born in
Career
Flynn worked as a senior civil servant in the
Writing
He wrote science fiction, romance, and adventure stories under the pen name of Owen Oliver that were published in the popular magazines of the early 20th century,
Death
Flynn died on 8 October 1933.[1] His address at the time of his death was 6 Thornton Avenue, Streatham. Probate was granted to Albert James Flynn, engineer, and Walter Alan Flynn, medical practitioner, on an estate of £6,121.[7] He received an obituary in The Times.[8]
Selected publications
All as "Owen Oliver".
Short stories
- "The Black Shadow", Cassell's Magazine, February 1903
- "Out of the Deep", The London Magazine, July 1904.
- "The Plague of Lights: A Tale of the Year 1906", The London Magazine, October 1904.
- "The Long Night: A Story of the Next Decade", Pearson's Magazine, January 1906.
- "Little Love", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 25 (1906/07), pp. 796–803.
- "The Gardener", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 28 (1908), pp. 583–590.
- "The Box of Tricks", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 30 (1909), pp. 65–70.
- "They Called it Love", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 31 (1909/10), pp. 305–314.
- "The Annihilator", Munsey's Magazine, August 1910.
- "A House of Love", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 32 (1910), pp. 643–648.
- "The Cloud-Men", Munsey's Magazine, August 1911, pp. 630–637.
- "The Soul Machine", The Pall Mall Magazine, November 1911.
- "Platinum", All-Story Weekly, 5 August 5, 1916.
- "The Pretty Woman", All-Story Weekly, 24 March 1917.
- "A Martyr to Wireless", The Yellow Magazine, 1924.
- "Days of Darkness", The London Magazine, April 1927.
Novels
- An Author's Daughter. C. A. Pearson, London, 1918.
- A Knight at Heart. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1925.
- Red Blood: A Serial Story of the South Sea. Harmsworth's Red Magazine, London, 1921. (4 instalments)
Non-fiction
- The Problems of the Civil Service. Cassell & Co., London, 1928. (As Sir Albert Flynn)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Flynn, Sir Joshua Albert", Who's Who 2020 & Who Was Who, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 December 2019. (subscription required)
- ISBN 978-1-134-89882-4.
- ^ ISBN 9780712352734
- ^ ISBN 978-1-137-49273-9.
- ^ Red Magazine, The. SFE The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 31 August 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ISBN 1864997524
- ^ 1933 Probate Calendar, p. 367.
- ^ "Sir Albert Flynn", The Times, 10 October 1933, p. 9.