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W. E. JOHNS

1893 - 1968

Writing as: W. E. Johns

According to Wikipedia: "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. Johns was born in Bengeo, Hertford, England, the son of Richard Eastman Johns, a fabric tailor, and Elizabeth Johns (née Earl), the daughter of a master butcher.

W. E. Johns was a prolific author and editor. In his 46-year writing career (1922–1968) he wrote over 160 books, including nearly one hundred Biggles books, more than sixty other novels and factual books, and scores of magazine articles and short stories."


Series Books
 
Biggles The Camels Are Coming (1932)
  The Cruise Of The Condor (1933)
  Biggles Of The Camel Squadron (1934)
  Biggles Flies Again (1934)
  The Black Peril (1935)
  Biggles Learns To Fly (1935)
  Biggles Hits The Trail (1935)
  Biggles Flies East (1935)
  Biggles In France (1935)
  Biggles & Co. (1936)
  Biggles In Africa (1936)
  Biggles - Air Commodore (1937)
  Biggles Flies West (1937)
  Biggles Goes To War (1938)
  Biggles Flies South (1938)
  Biggles Flies North (1939)
  The Rescue Flight (1939)
  Biggles In Spain (1939)
  Biggles Secret Agent (1940)
  Biggles In The South Seas (1940)
  Biggles In The Baltic (1940)
  Biggles Defies The Swastika (1941)
  Biggles Sees It Through (1941)
  Spitfire Parade - Biggles At War (1941)
  Biggles In The Jungle (1942)
  Biggles Sweeps The Desert (1942)
  Biggles In Borneo (1943)
  Biggles Fails To Return (1943)
  King Of The Commandos (1943)
  Biggles - Charter Pilot (1944)
  Gimlet Goes Again (1944)
  Biggles In The Orient (1944)
  Biggles Delivers The Goods (1946)
  Gimlet Mops Up (1947)
  Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. (1947)
  Comrades In Arms (1947)
  Biggles' Second Case (1948)
  Biggles Hunts Big Game (1948)
  Biggles Takes A Holiday (1949)
  Biggles Breaks The Silence (1949)
  Biggles - Air Detective (1950)
  Biggles Gets His Men (1950)
  Gimlet Bores In (1950)
  Another Job For Biggles (1951)
  Biggles Goes To School (1951)
  Biggles Works It Out (1951)
  Biggles Takes The Case (1952)
  Biggles Follows On (1952)
  Biggles And The Black Raider (1953)
  Biggles In The Blue (1953)
  Biggles Of The Special Air Police (1953)
  Biggles In The Gobi (1953)
  Biggles Cuts It Fine (1954)
  Biggles And The Pirate Treasure (1954)
  Biggles Foreign Legionnaire (1954)
  Biggles In Australia (1955)
  Biggles' Chinese Puzzle (1955)
  No Rest For Biggles (1956)
  Biggles Takes Charge (1956)
  Biggles Makes Ends Meet (1957)
  Biggles Of The Interpol (1957)
  Biggles On The Home Front (1957)
  Biggles Presses On (1958)
  Biggles On Mystery Island (1958)
  Biggles Buries A Hatchet (1958)
  Biggles In Mexico (1959)
  Biggles' Combined Operation (1959)
  Biggles At World'S End (1959)
  Biggles And The Leopards Of Zinn (1960)
  Biggles Goes Home (1960)
  Biggles And The Poor Rich Boy (1961)
  Biggles Forms A Syndicate (1961)
  Biggles And The Missing Millionaire (1961)
  Biggles Goes Alone (1962)
  Orchids For Biggles (1962)
  Biggles Sets A Trap (1962)
  Biggles Takes It Rough (1963)
  Biggles Takes A Hand (1963)
  Biggles' Special Case (1963)
  Biggles Flies To Work (1963)
  Biggles And The Plane That Disappeared (1963)
  Biggles And The Lost Sovereigns (1964)
  Biggles And The Black Mask (1964)
  Biggles Investigates (1964)
  Biggles Looks Back (1965)
  Biggles And The Plot That Failed (1965)
  Biggles And The Blue Moon (1965)
  Biggles Scores A Bull (1965)
  Biggles In The Terai (1966)
  Biggles And The Gun Runners (1966)
  Biggles Sorts It Out (1967)
  Biggles And The Dark Intruder (1967)
  Biggles And The Penitent Thief (1967)
  Biggles And The Deep Blue Sea (1968)
  The Boy Biggles (1968)
  Biggles In The Underworld (1968)
  Biggles And The Little Green God (1969)
  Biggles And The Noble Lord (1969)
  Biggles Sees Too Much (1970)
  Biggles Does Some Homework (1998)
  Biggles - Air Ace (1999)
  Biggles Annual (1980)
  Biggles & Co (1989)
  Biggles Flies Again (1997)
  Biggles' Friend Magazine (2002)
  The White Fokker (ss) (1932)
  The Packet (ss) (1932)
  J-9982 (ss) (1932)
  The Balloonatics (ss) (1932)
  The Blue Devil (ss) (1932)
  Camouflage (ss) (1932)
  The Carrier (ss) (1932)
  Spads and Spandaus (ss) (1932)
  The Zone Call (ss) (1932)
  The Decoy (ss) (1932)
  The Boob (ss) (1932)
  The Battle Of Flowers (ss) (1932)
  The Bomber (ss) (1932)
  On Leave (ss) (1932)
  Fog! (ss) (1932)
  Affaire De Coeur (ss) (1932)
  The Last Show (ss) (1932)
  The Professor (ss) (1932)
  The Joy Ride (ss) (1932)
  The Bridge Party (ss) (1932)
  The Bottle Party (ss) (1932)
  The Trap (ss) (1932)
  The Funk (ss) (1932)
  The Professor Comes Back (ss) (1932)
  The Thought Reader (ss) (1932)
  The Great Arena (ss) (1932)
  Biggles Finds His Feet (ss) (1932)
  The Dragon's Lair! (ss) (1932)
  Biggles' Day Off! (ss) (1932)
  Scotland For Ever! (ss) (1932)
  The Gold Rush (ss) (1933)
  The Maid And The Mountains (ss) (1933)
  The Blue Orchid (ss) (1933)
  Fair Cargo (ss) (1933)
  Beauty And The Beast (ss) (1933)
  Bob's Box (ss) (1933)
  Savages And Wings (ss) (1933)
  The Oriental Touch (ss) (1933)
  Down In The Forest (ss) (1933)
  Three Weeks (ss) (1933)
  The Sheikh And The Greek (ss) (1933)
  Yellow Freight (ss) (1933)
  The Last Show (ss) (1933)
  Biggles Learns To Fly (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' First Flight (ss) (1934)
  Biggles The Scout (ss) (1934)
  Spy In The Sky (ss) (1934)
  Crashed Flyers (ss) (1934)
  Knights Of The Sky (ss) (1934)
  The Laughing Spy (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Bullseye (ss) (1934)
  Biggles Buys The Sky (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Big Battle (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Surprise Packet (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Revenge (ss) (1934)
  Biggles Goes Ballooning (ss) (1934)
  Biggles and the Runaway Tank (ss) (1934)
  Flying Luck (ss) (1934)
  Biggles and the Mad Hatter (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Sky High Hat Trick (ss) (1934)
  The Ace Of Spades (ss) (1934)
  Biggles and the Flying Camera (ss) (1934)
  Biggles Sky High Spy (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Xmas Box! (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Christmas Tree! (ss) (1934)
  Biggles Carves the Turkey (ss) (1934)
  Biggles' Paperchase (ss) (1934)
  Biggles and the Flying Wardrobe (ss) (1934)
  Biggles’ Borrowed Plumes (ss) (1934)
  Flying Crusaders (ss) (1934)
  Biggles And The Joker (ss) (1935)
  The Hare And The Tortoise (ss) (1935)
  Biggles' Night Out! (ss) (1935)
  The Fledglings (ss) (1935)
  Biggles' Exciting Night (ss) (1936)
  Biggles 'On The Spot' (ss) (1936)
  Biggles' Exciting Night! (ss) (1937)
  Biggles Takes The Bait! (ss) (1938)
  So This Is War (ss) (1940)
  'Hard Case' Carrington (ss) (1941)
  The Arrival Of Angus (ss) (1941)
  The Enchanted Island (ss) (1941)
  The Horticultural Hermits (ss) (1941)
  The Crocodile of Conga-Wonga (ss) (1941)
  Reunion (ss) (1941)
  Bishimi The Caveman (ss) (1942)
  Grotto Of Death (ss) (1942)
  The Purple Plague (ss) (1942)
  Mystery Of The Golden Shirts (ss) (1942)
  Haunted (ss) (1942)
  Mexican Man-Hunt (ss) (1942)
  Samson Of Patagonia (ss) (1942)
  Adventure With A Mammoth (ss) (1942)
  The Luminous Lily (ss) (1943)
  Secret Weapon (ss) (1944)
  The Lost Crusaders (ss) (1944)
  Biggles and the Dodos (ss) (1944)
  Desert Spectre (ss) (1944)
  An Oriental Assignment (ss) (1947)
  Thunder Over Germany (ss) (1947)
  Biggles Baits The Trap (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Black Sheep (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Visiting Sultan (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Unregistered Operator (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Wounded Agent (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Brilliant Pupil (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Murdered Apprentice (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Stolen Aircraft (ss) (1950)
  Skyway Robbery (ss) (1950)
  The Case of the Unknown Aircraft (ss) (1950)
  African Assignment (ss) (1950)
  The Renegade (ss) (1950)
  All In The Day's Work (ss) (1950)
  The Case Of The Secret Aerofoil (ss) (1951)
  The Case Of The Mysterious Gunshots (ss) (1951)
  Biggles Buys A Watch (ss) (1952)
  The Case Of The Secret Inquisitors (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Black Gauntlet (ss) (1953)
  The Case Of The Mandarin's Treasure Chest (ss) (1953)
  The Case Of The Lost Souls (ss) (1953)
  The Case Of The Too Successful Company (ss) (1953)
  The Case Of The White Lion (ss) (1953)
  The Case Of The Remarkable Perfume (ss) (1953)
  Night Flight (ss) (1953)
  The Flying Crusaders (ss) (1953)
  Biggles And The Pirate Treasure (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Obliging Tourist (ss) (1954)
  The Case of the Ivory Idol (ss) (1954)
  The Case of the Poisoned Crops (ss) (1954)
  Biggles Nets A Fish (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Lunatic At Large (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Phone Box Murder (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Flying Clown (ss) (1954)
  The Unknown Diamonds (ss) (1954)
  The Mystery Of The Torn Parachute (ss) (1954)
  Biggles' Chinese Puzzle (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Modern Pirate (ss) (1954)
  The Adventure Of The Luminous Clay (ss) (1954)
  The Case Of The Missing Constable (ss) (1954)
  Operation Starlight (ss) (1954)
  Simple Arithmetic (ss) (1955)
  Fishy Business (ss) (1958)
  The Man Who Came By Night (ss) (1957)
  A Matter Of Deduction (ss) (1957)
  Mischief by Moonlight (ss) (1958)
  Biggles Works Overtime (ss) (1957)
  The Man Who Lost His Foot (ss) (1957)
  Assignment In Arabia (ss) (1957)
  Routine Patrol (ss) (1957)
  The Lady From Brazil (ss) (1957)
  Equatorial Encounter (ss) (1957)
  Biggles Makes A Bet (ss) (1957)
  Murder By Thirst (ss) (1957)
  The Bird That Died Of Diamonds (ss) (1957)
  Biggles Lays A Ghost (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Man on a Spot (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Submerged Aircraft (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Sabotaged Parachute (ss) (1958)
  Mission Oriental (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Haunted Island (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Ambitious Fishmonger (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Fatal Ruby (ss) (1958)
  The Case of the Stolen Truck (ss) (1958)
  The Trick That Failed (ss) (1963)
  Horace Takes A Hand (ss) (1963)
  The Two Bright Boys (ss) (1963)
  The Case Of The Early Boy (ss) (1963)
  Dawn Patrol (ss) (1963)
  A Routine Job (ss) (1963)
  Biggles Learns Something (ss) (1963)
  Dangerous Freight (ss) (1963)
  The Case of the Lost Coins (ss) (1963)
  The Case of the Old Masters (ss) (1963)
  Mystery On The Moor (ss) (1963)
  The Case Of The Somerset Farmer (ss) (1963)
  Biggles Investigates (ss) (1964)
  A Ring O'Roses (ss) (1964)
  The Long Chase (ss) (1964)
  A Matter Of Co-Operation (ss) (1964)
  Biggles Cracks A Nut (ss) (1964)
  The Birthday Present (ss) (1964)
  The Case Of The Amateur Yachtsmen (ss) (1964)
  The Boy Who Watched The Planes Go By (ss) (1964)
  A Test Of Nerve (ss) (1968)
  More Trouble (ss) (1968)
  Death In The Water (ss) (1968)
  The Big Bad Bear (ss) (1968)
  The One That Got Away (ss) (1968)
  A Sort Of Education (ss) (1968)
  Living Dangerously (ss) (1968)
  The Thugs (ss) (1968)
  The Black Intruder (ss) (1968)
  A Professor Learns A Lesson (ss) (1968)
  The Foolish Tiger (ss) (1968)
  The Last Adventure (ss) (1968)