W. E. Johns

William Earl Johns
Born	(1893-02-05)5 February 1893 Bengeo, Hertford, United Kingdom
Died	21 June 1968(1968-06-21) (aged 75) London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom
Pen name	Captain W. E. Johns
Occupation	Aviator, author, editor
Period	1922–68
Genre	Adventure fiction, war fiction, science fiction
Subject	Aviation
Spouse	Maude Penelope Hunt (m. 1914)
Partner	Doris May Leigh
Children	William Earl Carmichael Johns (1916–1954)[1]

William Earl Johns (5 February 1893 – 21 June 1968) was an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Capt. W. E. Johns: best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles.