Author: Charles Rodda
Alternate names: Gavin Holt; Gardner Low; Eliot Reed
Born: 1891
Died: 1976
Bio: Born Percival Charles Rodda in Port Augusta (South Australia), died in the United Kingdom.  Worked as journalist in Australia &mdash; Adelaide and Melbourne &mdash; but went to New York in 1919 and became a music critic there, then to London in 1926 and became a well known writer of crime fiction. He wrote under the pseudonyms Gavin Holt and Gardner Low, and published collaborations with Eric Ambler under the pseudonym Eliot Reed.