John Rowland
John Herbert Shelley Rowland (1907-1984) was a journalist, author and Unitarian minister. He read Freud, Huxley and, most avidly, H G Wells, who, believed Rowland, were it not for his preachiness, "might have been one of the greatest novelists of all the ages". Though he never considered himself a "novelist" - he began in what spare time he had to write thrillers. Between 1935 and 1950, Herbert Jenkins published seventeen detective novels by Rowland all featuring Inspector Henry Shelley of...See more
John Herbert Shelley Rowland (1907-1984) was a journalist, author and Unitarian minister. He read Freud, Huxley and, most avidly, H G Wells, who, believed Rowland, were it not for his preachiness, "might have been one of the greatest novelists of all the ages". Though he never considered himself a "novelist" - he began in what spare time he had to write thrillers. Between 1935 and 1950, Herbert Jenkins published seventeen detective novels by Rowland all featuring Inspector Henry Shelley of Scotland Yard. See less
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