John Reed Scott

John Reed Scott (1869–1945) was an American lawyer and novelist from Pennsylvania. Alongside his legal career, he wrote popular romances in the early twentieth century, among them The Colonel of the Red Huzzars, The Princess Dehra, Beatrix of Clare, The Last Try, The Woman in Question and In Her Own Right. His books, many set in imaginary European kingdoms or in the genteel society of the American East, combine adventure, intrigue and romance in the manner of Anthony Hope.