Arthur F. H. Mills
The author pictured on the dust jacket of his 1916 memoir, Hospital Days
The author pictured on the dust jacket of his 1916 memoir, Hospital Days
BornArthur Frederick Hobart Mills
(1887-07-12)12 July 1887
Stratton, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Died(1955-02-18)18 February 1955
Hampshire, United Kingdom
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
GenreWar, Adventure, Crime
Notable worksWith My Regiment: From the Aisne to La Bassée (1916); Hospital Days (1916); The Yellow Dragon (1925)
SpouseLady Dorothy Rachel Melissa Walpole Mills (1889–1959); divorced in 1933
RelativesGrandfather:
Arthur Mills (MP);
Father:
Revd Barton R. V. Mills; Brother:
George Mills
Website
www.whoisgeorgemills.com

Arthur Frederick Hobart Mills is one of a family of authors. His grandfather, Arthur Mills, was a Tory and an expert of colonial economies and governance. The senior Mills' India in 1858 describes the political and economic conditions in India after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Arthur F. H. Mills is the brother of children's book author George Mills (Meredith and Co., King Willow) and author, explorer, and adventurer Lady Dorothy Mills (The Laughter of Fools, The Road to Timbuktu), to whom he was married from 1916 through their divorce in 1933.

Education and career

Captain Mills (Wellington College, Berkshire, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst) was wounded in World War I at La Bassée and wrote a pair of books, his first, about that experience: With My Regiment: From the Aisne to La Bassée (J. B. Lippincott & Co.: Philadelphia, 1916) and Hospital Days (T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1916) under the pseudonym Platoon Commander. At his wedding to Lady Dorthy Walpole in 1916, her wedding ring was made from a bullet that had been surgically removed from his ankle.[1]

Despite favorable reviews, frequent impressions, and global translations of many of his earlier books (The Broadway Madonna, The Gold Cat), Mills eventually became known as a genre author of cheap crime and adventure novels.[2] His work has been largely forgotten.[3]

Mills died in Hampshire, United Kingdom, on 18 February 1955.

Bibliography

Title Publisher Date Pseudonym
With My Regiment:
From the Aisne to La Bassée		Lippincott1916"Platoon Commander"
Hospital DaysUnwin1916"Platoon Commander"
Ursula VanetBale1921
Pillars of SaltDuckworth1922
The Primrose PathDuckworth1923
The Yellow DragonHutchinson1924
The Broadway MadonnaUnknown1924
The Gold CatHutchinson1925
The Danger GameHutchinson1926
Live BaitHutchinson1927
Modern CameosHutchinson1928
White SnakeHutchinson1928
The Blue SpiderCollins1929
PursuedCollins1929
The Apaché GirlCollins1930
Intrigue IslandCollins1930
EscapadeCollins1931
StowawayCollins1931
One Man's SecretCollins1932
Judgment of DeathCollins1932
Gentleman of RioCollins1933
Black RoyaltyCollins1933
The Ant HeapHutchinson1934
Paris AgentCollins1935
Brighton AlibiCollins1936
Café in MontparnasseCollins1936
French GirlCollins1937
The Broken SwordCollins1938
Jewel ThiefCollins1939
White NegroCollins1940
Don't Touch the BodyCollins1947
Shroud of SnowEvans1950
Last Seen AliveEvans1951
Your Number Is UpEvans1952
The Jockey Died FirstStaples1953
The Maliday MysteryStaples1954

References

  1. ↑ "1914: George's Brother Goes to War". Who Is George Mills?. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Arthur Mills Bibliography". Classic Crime Fiction. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Great War Dust Jackets". greatwardustjackets.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
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