Author: George Sava
Alternate names: George Sava; George Bankoff; George Borodin; George Braddon; Peter Conway; Alec Redwood.
Born: October 15, 1903
Died: March 15, 1996
Bio: George Sava is a pseudonym of George Alexis Bankoff. Described as a "Russian exile", George Alexis Milkomanov Milkomane wrote approximately 120 books of medical autobiography, politics, history, and fiction under the pseudonyms George Sava, George Bankoff, George Borodin, George Braddon, Peter Conway, Alec Redwood, and others. His grandfather was a Bulgarian who, at a time when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, migrated to Russia. He was a Lieutenant in the White Russian Navy when he was seventeen. He was forced to perform emergency surgery without any medical training that saved the life of a comrade which induced him to pursue a career in medicine and to become a surgeon.
He died on March 15, 1996. Source: Wikipedia