Author: David Pilgrim
Alternate names: Francis Beeding; Barum Browne; Cornelius Cofyn; David Pilgrim
Title: pseud.
Born: 14 January 1898
Died: 16 December 1951
Bio: David Pilgrim is a collaborative pseudonym of <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL122595A/Hilary_Aidan_St._George_Saunders/>Hilary Adam St. George Saunders</a> and  <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1777046A/John_Leslie_Palmer/>John Leslie Palmer</a>.
>They were Oxford graduates who met while at the League of Nations in Geneva. Palmer was a drama critic who wrote books on the theatre under the pseudonym "Christopher Haddon".
>Saunders served with the Welsh Guards in WWI and worked for the Air Ministry in WWII, writing the famous pamphlet, The Battle of Britain. From 1946 to 1950 he was librarian of the House of Commons.
>They also wrote mystery and suspense fiction under the name  <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2556315A/Francis_Beeding/>Francis Beeding</a>.