Louis Tracy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Tracy

British writer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1863

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Aug-1928

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction.
He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser, which were at times shared with M.
P.
Shiel, a collaborator from the start of the twentieth century. He was born in Liverpool to a well-to-do middle-class family.
At first he was educated at home and then at the French Seminary at Douai.
Around 1884 he became a reporter for a local paper - 'The Northern Echo' at Darlington, circulating in parts of Durham and North Yorkshire; later he worked for papers in Cardiff and Allahabad.
During 1892-1894 he was closely associated with Arthur Harmsworth, in 'The Sun' and 'The Evening News and Post'.