James Morgan Walsh (J. M. Walsh) was an Australian novelist who was born in
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
, Victoria in 1897.
He published his first novel in 1921, and encouraged by its success, became a full-time writer in 1923.
He married Louisa Mary Murphy on 1 January 1925, and later that year the couple settled in the United Kingdom. Walsh was to remain there until his death in 1952 in
Western-Super-Mare, Somerset, England.
Walsh was a very prolific writer, producing around 94 novels, across a range of genres (mystery, crime, war, thriller, adventure and science fiction) under a number of pseudonyms.
In addition to his novels Walsh also wrote a number of short stories, and books for children.
From 1938 Walsh lived at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, where he died on 29 August 1952.
Bibliography
Novels
Fiction for children
* ''The Secret of the Stargazers' Club'' (1926) as by Jack Carew
* ''The Leather Glove'' (1927) as by Jack Carew
* ''The Silver Idol'' (1931) as by Jack Carew
Short story collection
* ''Mutton Dressed as Lamb and Live Bait'' (1944)
External links
* J. M. Walsh at National Library of Australia
* J. M. Walsh at Internet SF DataBase
References
20th-century Australian writers
Australian novelists
1897 births
1952 deaths
People from Geelong
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