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ERIC LEYLAND

1911 - 2001

Writing as: Eric Leyland


According to the bio on Goodreads: "Born in 1911 in Ilford, Essex, Eric Leyland was the son of a clergyman. He was educated at Brentwood School and University College, London. Trained as a librarian, he was Chief Librarian in Chingford, Essex from 1938-46, and in Walthamstow from 1946-49. After this, he became Joint Principal, together with his wife, of Normanhurst School, Chingford.

Famed for the boys’ school stories and adult thrillers he wrote under his own name, and other male pseudonyms, Eric Leyland also wrote numerous girls’ school stories under various female pseudonyms: Nesta Grant, Sylvia Little and Elizabeth Tarrant."



Series Books
 
David Flame Flame of the Sierras (1949)
  Flame Takes Over (1950)
  Flame Over Africa (1951)
  Flame of the Amazon (1952)
  Flame Wins Through (1953)
  Flame Takes a Chance (1953)
  Flame Hits the Trail (1954)
  Flame Hits Back (1954)
  Flame and the King’s Ransom (1955)
  Flame of the Sahara (1955)
  Flame Sets the Pace (1956)
  Flame and the Treasure Trail (1956)
  Flame Makes the Grade (1957)
  Flame Takes Command (1957)
  Flame, Secret Agent (1958)
  Flame and the League of Five (1959)
 
Other Abbey Makes the Grade [Abbey] (195x)
  Abbey on the warpath [Abbey] (195x)
  Abbey sees it through [Abbey] (195x)
  Abbey turns the tables [Abbey] (195x)
  The Abbotsbury Case (195x)
  Airline Pilot (195x)
  All About Camping [All About] (195x)
  All About Football [All About] (195x)
  All About Swimming [All About] (195x)
  All About Trains [All About] (195x)
  All Fares Please! (195x)
  All Hands On Deck (195x)
  Arizona Round-Up (195x)
  Atom ’Plane Mystery [Hunter Hawk] (1958)
  Bandit Gold [Hunter Hawk] (1962)
  Bandit Trail (195x)
  Budgerigars For Pleasure And Profit (195x)
  Calling Red Lawson [Red Lawson] (1952)
  Calling Steven Gale [Steven Gale] (1961)
  The Captain Intervenes [The Captain] (195x)
  The Captain On Guard [The Captain] (195x)
  The Captain Rides Again [The Captain] (195x)
  The Captain Strikes Back [The Captain] (195x)
  Case for Red Lawson [Red Lawson] (1951)
  Challenge! (195x)
  The Cinema (195x)
  The Colorado Kid (195x)
  Comet Round the World [Hunter Hawk] (1959)
  Coming Shortly (195x)
  Commander of the Clouds [Hunter Hawk] (1959)
  Conspiracy at Abbey [Abbey] (195x)
  Constructional Engineer (195x)
  Counter Attack [Rip Randall] (195x)
  The Counterfeit Mystery. (195x)
  Crash Dive (195x)
  Crash Landing (195x)
  The Cricket Week Mystery. (195x)
  Crisis at Black Creek [Nelson Peerless] (195x)
  Danger Below (195x)
  Dangerous Waters (195x)
  Dead Man's Gold [The Captain] (195x)
  Discovery On The Thames (195x)
  Dogs (195x)
  The Eagles Flew Straight (195x)
  Eagles From The South (195x)
  Electrical Engineer (195x)
  Emergency Calling [Nelson Peerless] (195x)
  Exercise Commando (195x)
  Faint Shadow (195x)
  The Farmer In The Mechanical Age (195x)
  Fire Over London. (195x)
  The First Adventure (195x)
  For Valour (195x)
  Forest Feud (195x)
  Full Steam Ahead (195x)
  Gale and the Sword of Mars [Steven Gale] (1962)
  Gale Hits the Headlines [Steven Gale] (1961)
  Gentleman Of Sussex (195x)
  The Gentleman Of Sussex (195x)
  Going Concern (195x)
  Half Term Adventure (195x)
  Hazard Royal (195x)
  Indian Range (195x)
  Jackdaw's Hoard (195x)
  Jolly Roger Sails Again (195x)
  Jolly Roger-Buccaneer (195x)
  Knock-Out. (195x)
  Librarianship As A Career (195x)
  Libraries In Schools (195x)
  Little World (195x)
  Loco Driver (195x)
  Long Odds (195x)
  Madman's Peak [Rip Randall] (195x)
  Man Overboard (195x)
  The Mandeville Mystery (195x)
  Meet Your Authors (195x)
  The Million Pound Island (195x)
  Monsieur Debonair. (195x)
  Mystery At Mardale (195x)
  Mystery At Queen's (195x)
  Mystery Moor. (195x)
  Mystery Of Pig's Nose (195x)
  Mystery Trail (195x)
  No Quarter [Red Lawson] (1951)
  Odd man out at Abbey [Abbey] (195x)
  Oil Man (195x)
  The Open Air Is My Hobby. (195x)
  Operation Treasure Trove [Red Lawson] (1955)
  Outlaw Gulch (195x)
  Outlaws of the Air [Hunter Hawk] (1957)
  Pet Birds For Boys And Girls (195x)
  Pirates Of The Plains (195x)
  The Public Library And The Adolescent (195x)
  The Public Library (195x)
  Rebellion At Prior's (195x)
  Red Lawson and the Sons of the Desert [Red Lawson] (1955)
  Rip Randall and the Pharaoh's Tomb [Rip Randall] (195x)
  Road Builder (195x)
  Rustlers of the Fells [Nelson Peerless] (195x)
  Rustlers' Trail (195x)
  Sabotage [Rip Randall] (195x)
  Scoop for Steven Gale [Steven Gale] (1962)
  The Scorpion Strikes (195x)
  Scotland Yard Detective (195x)
  Seabirds (195x)
  The Secret Weapon [Hunter Hawk] (1960)
  Ship's Captain (195x)
  The Silver Skein (195x)
  Skeleton In The Cupboard (1946)
  Skeleton In The Cupboard (195x)
  Skinny on the Warpath [Skinny] (195x)
  Skinny's Christmas Eve [Skinny] (195x)
  Smugglers of the Skies [Hunter Hawk] (1958)
  Smuggler's Trail (195x)
  Stop Thief (195x)
  Tall Timber Trail (195x)
  To Arms For The Queen! (195x)
  Treasure In Devon (195x)
  Treasure Of The Tredegars (195x)
  Treasure Trove at Abbey [Abbey] (195x)
  The Valiant Quest (195x)
  Versus the Shadow [Red Lawson] (1950)
  Village Under The Water (195x)
  The Waggon Wheelers On Tour (195x)
  Well Done Skinny [Skinny] (195x)
  White Fury (195x)
  The Wider Public Library (195x)
  Wild Animals (195x)
  Wind And Weather (195x)
  Wings Over The Outback (195x)