Captain Aylward Edward Dingle (1874-1947), who also wrote under the pseudonyms Brian Cotterell and Sinbad, was the British author of: Gold Out of Celebes (1920), A Modern Sinbad (1933), Spin: A Yarn Sailor (1934), Sinister Eden (1934), Red Saunders: The Chronicle of a Genial Outcast (1934), Not Wisely (1936), Mary: First Mate (1937), Nor Breed Nor Birth (1937), Mock Star (1938), Nita of Martinique (1938), Adrift (1939), The Bomb Ship (1942), Pirates May Fly (1943), Old Glory (1945), "Black Joker" (1946), Reckless Tide (1947), The Petrel's Path (1947), The Corpse Came Back (1948) and Out of the Blue (1948).