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Lionel Sparrow Lionel Sparrow i(A72634 works by)
Also writes as: Lionel S.
Born: Established: 1867 Wahgunyah, Rutherglen - Chiltern area, North East Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 9 Apr 1936
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Lionel Sparrow was a writer of gothic horror stories in the late nineteenth century. According to James Doig, Sparrow spent most of his life in the Victorian mining town of Linton. He was the proprietor of the local newspaper, the Grenville Standard, and was the federal president of the Old Australian Journalists Association.

Sources: James Doig, 'Lionel Sparrow (1867-1936): An Unknown Australian Writer of Gothic Horror', Studies in Australian Weird Fiction, 1 (2008): 6 and Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction 1867-1939 (2007).

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