Author: James MacDonnell
Alternate names: James Edmond Macdonnell; J. E. Macdonnell; James Macdonnell; J.E.M.; Jim Macdonnell; J. Macdonnell; Macnell; James Macnell; James Dark; Kerry Mitchell; Michael Owen
Born: 3 November 1917
Died: 13 September 2002
Bio: James Edmond Macdonnell was an Australian novelist. He wrote many short stories for 'The Bulletin' under the pseudonym "Macnell".  He wrote over 200 novels, in at least 7 different series under several versions of his own name and several pseudonyms (James Dark was a Horwitz house pseudonym shared by several authors) and became one of Australia's most prolific writers of paperback novels. - Wikipedia