Author: Rex Ellingwood Beach
Alternate names: Rex Beach; Rex E. Beach; Beach, Rex Ellingwood; Rex E Beach; Rex BEACH; rex beach; Rex Rex Beach
Born: 1 September 1877
Died: 7 December 1949
Bio: Born in Michigan, USA, a lawyer, then a gold prospector in the Klondike for five years, then a writer with a successful first <a href=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5959577W>novel</a> based on his Alaskan experience, from which several <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spoilers>films</a> were made.  He also won a Olympic silver medal in water polo (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Beach>Wikipedia</a>).