Arthur O. Friel

Arthur Olney Friel (31 May 1885 – 27 January 1959) was one of the most popular writers for the adventure pulps.

Born in Detroit, Michigan,

After returning from the Venezuela trip, many of Friel's stories were set in that environment. He remained a popular writer in Adventure throughout the 1920s and 1930s. Most of his longer works were republished in hardback. In the 1930s, he started appearing more regularly in the adventure pulp Short Stories with stories set in Venezuela.

He was a member of the American Geographical Society.

In a 1934 letter, Robert E. Howard described Friel as "one of my favorite authors".

He died in Concord, New Hampshire in 1959, A later novel in sequence, In the Year 2000 (1928) was not printed in book form. In the Year 2000 is set after a worldwide war and features the grandson of Knowlton and McKay.

The Pathless Trail, and Tiger River were republished by Centaur Press in November 1969 and May 1971, respectively.