John Palmer (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Palmer (author)

British author, born 1885

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1885

Place of Birth: Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1944

Profession: screenwriter, detective writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Leslie Palmer (4 September 1885, Paddington, London – 5 August 1944) was an English author.
Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures.
He also wrote fiction under the collaborative pseudonyms Francis Beeding, Christopher Haddon, David Pilgrim and John Somers.As "Francis Beeding", he and Hilary Saint George Saunders co-authored The House of Dr.
Edwardes.
The novel was later used as the basis for the Hitchcock film Spellbound. The Beeding pseudonym was kept secret from its start in 1920, until in 1925 Saunders delivered a lecture about his writing methods, as Francis Beeding, while Palmer heckled for the audience.
Saunders invited Palmer to the platform, and the dual authorship was revealed.