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Born: 04/29/1887  Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Died: 05/12/1949
Parents: William John Wicliff and Henrietta Louise Beford-Jones
Spouse: Helen Swing Williamson (1) Mary Bernardin McNally (2)
Children: Helen, Henry Jr. and Nancy Jane

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Folly Series	Fiction	Adult	Blue Book Magazine	1945-1946
	D'Artagnan's Letter - With wife, Mary Bedford-Jones	Fiction	Adult	New York : Covici-Friede	1931
	The Shadow	Fiction	Adult	New York : The Fiction League	1930
	The King's Passport	Fiction	Adult	New York : Putnam	1928
	The Passion of Yang Kwei-fei ; from ancient Chinese texts - Translator	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Covici-Friede	1928
	The Breeze in the Moonlight, : The Second book of Genius - Ttranslated from the Chinese by George Soulie´ de Morant, and done into English by H. Bedford-Jones.	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons	1926
	Son of the Cincinnati - Under name Montague Brisard	Fiction	Adult	Boston, MA : Small Maynard	1925
	The Hazards of Smith	Fiction		Hurst & Blackett	1924
	Against the Tide - Under name John Wycliffe	Fiction		Dodd, Mead	1924
	The Mardi Gras Mystery	Fiction	Adult	Garden City, NY : Doubleday	1921
	The Mesa Trail	Fiction	Adult	Garden City, NY : Doubleday	1920
	L'Arbre Croche Mission - A memorable relation briefly setting forth the historical facts and eschewing all fable & legend, as erected by untutored minds, touching upon the justly famed mission of the Crooked Tree	Non Fiction, Michigan History	Adult	Santa Barbara, CA : Printed by the author at the Sign of the Crossed Quills	1917
	The "John Solomon" Series - Under name Allan Hawkwood	Fiction	Adult	Orginally published in Argosy	1916-1928
	Fruit Before Summer	Poetry	Adult	Long Beach, CA : The author	1915
	The Conquest	Fiction	Adult	Chicago : David C. Cook Publishing	1914
	Flamehair the Skald: A Tale of the Days of Hardrede	Fiction	Adult	Chicago: A. C. McClurg	1913
	The Cross and the Hammer: a Tale of the Days of Vikings - Sunday School Literature	Fiction	Children	Elgin, IL : David C. Cook Publishing	1912
	- Author of more than 100 novels in history, adventure, juvenile, fantasy, and science fiction genres
	- Contributor to magazines including Blue Book, Magic Carpet, Golden Fleece, All-Star Weekly and Weird Tales

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Bedford-Jones befriended another powerful pulp writer, William Wallace Cook, while both were living in Marshall, Michigan. Bedford-Jones was employed at the local newspaper, and had not yet made his mark as a writer. Cook, on the other hand, was an established figure in the pulp industry. When Cook's wife died, the man found himself unable to complete the 25,000-word novel he was scheduled to deliver to his publisher that week. Bedford-Jones took on the job himself and submitted his completed work on behalf of his friend. His writing ability and his act of kindness impressed Cook sufficiently that he arranged a meeting with his publisher, and Bedford-Jones was launched on his own career. H. Bedford-Jones was undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers of the pulp-fiction industry during its heyday in the first half of the twentieth century. Some of his comrades, such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner, went on to greater fame, probably because they created characters that were eventually immortalized in movies and television. Yet Bedford-Jones, who published under his own name and numerous pseudonyms, wrote more stories than his competitors. He was so productive that he was known to have several typewriters set up at once, with a different novel in progress on each one. His ability to produce vast quantities of dependable fiction earned him the title "King of the Pulps."

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