Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (9 April 1897 – 3 March 1956) was an Australian journalist and author of popular fiction. He is notable for a series of sea romances written in the 1920s and 1930s, some of which were adapted for motion pictures, including '' Rich and Strange'', directed by

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, which closely followed his novel of the same name.

Early life

He was born at

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, third son of Michael John Collins, an Irish doctor who had been a ship's surgeon in the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and his English wife Esther, née Copeland.Sayers, Stuart (1981)
Cuthbert Quinlan Dale Collins (1897 – 1956)
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online Collins's freelance career started at age 17 when his

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"The Riddle" was published in ''

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'', followed by several others until he secured a position in the newsroom of '' The Herald'' (

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) in 1922. In later life he lived in East Malvern, a suburb of Melbourne, and had two daughters, Susan and Felicity.

Publications

Collins published 37 books, including some under the pen names of 'Stephen Fennimore' and 'Michael Copeland'.

Novels

* 1923 ''Sea-tracks of the Speejacks Round the World'' * 1924 ''Ordeal'' * 1925 ''The Haven: A Chronicle'' * 1927 ''The Sentimentalists'' (reprinted as ''Sal of Singapore'', translated into German) * 1928 ''Vanity Under the Sun'' * 1929 ''The Idolaters'' * 1930 ''Rich and Strange'' * 1932 ''Jungle Maid'' * 1934 ''Vulnerable: A Tale with Cards'' * 1936 ''Race the Sun'' * 1947 ''Bright Vista'' * 1949 ''Bush Holiday'' (as Stephen Fennimore) * 1950 ''Bush Voyage'' * 1951 ''Victoria's My Home Ground'' * 1959 ''Anzac Adventure: The Story of Gallipoli Told for Young Readers''

Short stories

* 191
''The Riddle''
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''The Paper Soldier''
'' The Weekly Times'', 19 July 1919

Filmography

* '' Sal of Singapore'' (1928) * '' The Ship from Shanghai'' (1930) * '' His Woman'' (1931) * '' Rich and Strange'' (1931) (titled ''East of Shanghai'' in the United States)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Dale 20th-century Australian novelists 1897 births 1956 deaths Australian male novelists 20th-century Australian male writers