Edgar Jepson

English novelist Edgar Alfred Jepson mostly created mystical and fantasy tales in addition to adventure and detective fiction. He wrote under the pen name Edgar Alfred Jepson and on occasion under the alias R. Edison Page.In Bloomsbury, London, on November 28, 1863, Edgar Jepson was born. He was raised in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and received his degree from Oxford's Balliol College. After finishing his schooling, he lived in Barbados for a while before relocating to London's King's Bench Walk neighborhood, where he started his writing career. He cooperated with writers including Hugh Clevely, Arthur Machen, and John Gawsworth while writing under the pen name R. Edison Page. For a brief time, he served as the magazine's editor, and he contributed significantly to Richard Barham Middleton's legacy following his passing. He belonged to both the New Bohemians drinking club and the Square Club, which dates back to 1908. On April 12, 1938, Edgar Jepson passed away in his Hampstead home. His former wife Frita Bisham Holmes, the daughter of musician and composer Henry Holmes, as well as his son and both daughters, all survived him.