Charles Hamilton
Charles Hamilton (August 8 1876 - December 24 1961) was possibly the most prolific English language writer ever. It is estimated that in his lifetime he penned over a hundred million words, and had had the equivalent of one thousand full-length novels published.
Most of these works were published in the weekly boys' papers of the time, at times writing at least six stories each week, using over twenty different pen-names.
He is most famous for his creation, as Frank Richards, of Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School for the weekly paper The Magnet, but he also wrote weekly tales of Tom Merry and Co. of St Jims for The Gem (as Martin Clifford), Jimmy Silver and Co. of Rockwood School for The Boys Friend and The Popular (as Owen Conquest), and Bessie Bunter of Cliff House for The School Friend (as Hilda Richards).
