A. G. Macdonell

Archibald Gordon Macdonell was a Scottish writer, journalist, and broadcaster. He was born in Poona, India, to a Scottish family. He served as a lieutenant of the Royal Field Artillery during World War I. He then joined the League of Nations in 1922. He later made his living as a journalist in London, writing stage reviews for the *London Mercury*.
He became famous in 1933 for the publication of the satirical novel *England, their England*. Also highly praised is his *Autobiography of a Cad*, a grimly comic portrait of a 1930s Tory. He also wrote a number of novels and plays, as well as some military history.

Under the pseudonym of **Neil Gordon** he wrote five detective novels, including a Buchanesque political thriller called *The Factory on the Cliff* (1928); and *The Bleston Mystery* (1928) done in collaboration with Milward Kennedy, one of the founders of the Detection Club. Under the pen name **John Cameron** he wrote two other detective novels: *Seven Stabs* (1929) and *Body Found Stabbed* (1932).
A. G. Macdonell died in Oxford in 1941.

Bibliography

The Bleston Mystery (1928) - with Milward Kennedy

As Neil Gordon:
The Professor’s Poison (1928)
The Factory on the Cliff (1928), US title: The New Gun Runners
The Silent Murders (1929)
The Big Ben Alibi (1930)
Murder in Earl's Court (1931)
The Shakespeare Murders (1933)

As John Cameron:
Seven Stabs (1929)
Body Found Stabbed (1932)

As A.G. Macdonell:
(strictly adventure & military novels)
Lords & Masters (1936)
Flight from a Lady (1939)
The Crew of the Anaconda (1940)