Walter S. Masterman
(Wimbledon, London: 19th December 1876 – Brighton: 16th May 1946)
Walter Sydney Masterman was an English author of mystery, fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and in his younger years a football player. He served in the Second Boer War and WWI. He was forced into becoming an author because of three years in jail after embezzlement of government funds he was unemployable and decided to become a writer.