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