Lewis Patrick Greene

Lewis Patrick Greene (1891–1971), who usually wrote under the
name L. Patrick Greene, was an English writer of adventure stories.
Greene was born in England. He spent several years in Rhodesia working
as a civil servant, before a back injury caused him to be deemed
medically unfit for service and discharged. By 1913, Greene had emigrated
to the US and became an American citizen settling in Boston.
Writing career.
In 1918, Greene began to write fiction based on his experiences for the pulp magazines. Initially,
his main American market was "Adventure" magazine. For "Adventure", Greene created his most famous character,
the "Major", the alias of English adventurer Aubrey St. John Major. An eccentric Englishman whose foppish
behaviour disguised a clever and heroic character,
the Major, aided by his Khoikhoi friend Jim, worked as an Illicit Diamond Buyer, illegally
trading diamonds in South Africa.
Despite his criminal status, the Major and Jim often intervened to help the innocent and bring criminals
to justice.
For a time, Greene worked as Assistant Editor on "Adventure" and was not allowed to write fiction
for it. He then began selling fiction to other pulp magazines, especially
"Short Stories", (where
he transferred the Major series). Green became one of "Short Stories"' most frequent and most popular contributors.
Other publications Greene wrote for included "Action Stories", "Argosy",
"Blue Book" and "Everybody's Magazine".
For his nephews, Greene wrote a children's book, "Tabu Dick" (1933). This revolved around the adventures
of a Tarzan-like boy in Africa.
External links.
of L. Patrick Greene at the Black Dog Books website.