2 Quotes & Sayings By Hp Wood
Born Henry Percival Wood in 1881, early life and education were spent in Lancashire. He studied at New College, Oxford before taking up the editorship of the Yorkshire Post. His first crime novel, The Mystery of the Dog Fiend (1904), was followed by The Cave of Skulls (1905). He married Winifred Stebbing in 1909, and they had three children
At first he published mostly novels under his own name, but later he also published stories under the pseudonyms "Carrington" and "Hewitt". Other pseudonyms include "Llanwelly", "Yardley", "Duckworth", and "Bentley". After the First World War he wrote on history, travel books and biographies before turning to crime fiction.
He died on 26 February 1936.