Guy Boothby

Guy Boothby
Guy Boothy in 1896
Guy Boothy in 1896
Born(1867-10-13)13 October 1867
Adelaide, Colony of South Australia
Died26 February 1905(1905-02-26) (aged 37)
Boscombe, United Kingdom
Resting placeWimborne Road Cemetery, Boscombe
OccupationColonial administrator
Author
GenreGhost stories
Adventure
Travel
Notable worksDr Nikola series
RelativesT. Wilde Boothby (father)
Benjamin Boothby (grandfather)
William Boothby (uncle)
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Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell.[1]

  1. ^ Mark Valentine, "Introduction" in Guy Boothby, Dr Nikola, Master Criminal. Herts UK: Wordsworth Editions, 2009, pp. xi–xii. x