Nigel Morland (1905–1986)

Nigel Morland (1905-1986) was a self-educated English editor and a friend of Edgar Wallace. He covered the Far East as a journalist and began his writing career with a thriller featuring Palmyra Pym, the female deputy assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard. He also wrote non-fiction books on criminology. Morland also wrote under the pseudonyms Mary Dane, John Donavan, Norman Forrest, Roger Garnett, Neal Shepherd, and Vincent McCall.



His series characters were John Finnegan, Detective Inspector Rory Luccan, Steven Malone, Inspector Andy McMurdo, Johnny Lamb and Mrs Palmyra Pym.