Jeffery Farnol

John Jeffery Farnol
Born(1878-02-10)10 February 1878
Aston, Birmingham, England
Died9 August 1952(1952-08-09) (aged 74)
Eastbourne, England
Pen nameJeffery Farnol
Occupationwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period1907–1952
GenreRomance
SpouseBlanche Wilhelmina Victoria Hawley (1900–1938),
Phyllis Mary Clarke (1938–1952)
Children2

Jeffery Farnol (10 February 1878 – 9 August 1952) was a British writer from 1907 until his death in 1952, known for writing more than 40 romance novels, often set in the Georgian Era or English Regency period, and swashbucklers. He, with Georgette Heyer, largely initiated the Regency romantic genre.