Reginald James McGregor (16 August 1887 – 23 January 1961) was a British author of children's literature who wrote numerous books and plays between the 1920s and 1950s, as RJ McGregor. His early books had Far Eastern settings. His most successful books were The Young Detectives and its sequels. These books charted the adventures of a family where the children had the same names as his children. Born in Bristol, he was the Headmaster of Bristol Grammar Preparatory School, and was a great influence on the many pupils who passed through the school, including Tunku Osman Tunku Mohammad Jewa. In 1975, the Dunham Massey Thespians put on productions of four of his plays: The Dyspeptic Ogre, The Caravan, Take Your Pick and Twixt Eleven And Twelve. Bibliography The Monkey-God's Secret etc. - first edition published by Hutchison & Co in 1924 (254 pages) The Laughing Pirate - first edition published by Richards Press in 1927 (260 pages) The Secret Jungle - first edition published by the Sheldon Press in 1928 (160 pages) The Jungle Mystery - first edition published by Richards Press in 1928 (250 pages), illustrated by SG Hulme Beaman The Secret Temple (and other tales by various authors)- first edition published by Sheldon Press in 1932 (192 pages) The Young Detectives - first edition published by Burns, Oates & Co in 1934 (244 pages). A Puffin edition was published first in 1948 (199 pages), illustrated by William Grimmond. Translations were also published in Hebrew and Polish. The Secret of Dead Man's Cove - first edition published by Burns Oates and Co in 1937 (240 pages), illustrated by Edith Brier. A Puffin edition was published first in 1948 (200 pages). This was a sequel to The Young Detectives. The Laughing Raider - first edition published by University of London Press in 1937 (208 pages) The Dragon and the Mosquito, and other stories - first edition published by Burns, Oates & Co in 1938 (84 pages), illustrated by Frank Rogers A Sense of Honour - first published by Frederick Muller in 1938 Chi-lo the Admiral - first edition published by Faber & Faber in 1940 (189 pages), illustrated by Irene Hawkins Harris v Snagglesmith - first edition published by Oxford University Press in 1940 (21 pages) Something Always Happens - first edition by Oxford University Press in 1940 The Secret Forest - first published by University of London Press:Bickley in