Rockwood, Roy

Roy Rockwood is an early English-language author of popular fiction about whom very little is publicly known; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and actual English name are not clearly recorded in available sources. Fifteen of his works are held in the collection, mostly adventure novels for young readers, with a particular fondness for journeys into unknown realms—underground, under the sea, through the air, and into space. Representative titles include Five Thousand Miles Underground, The Wizard of the Sea, Dave Dashaway and His Giant Airship, and Lost on the Moon, which typically follow young protagonists on voyages by airship or submarine. Judging from the existing titles, his style is series-oriented and fast-paced, driven by imaginative settings, placing him within the early twentieth-century vogue for boys' adventure fiction. Because public information is limited, his personal history and full body of work remain to be further examined.