Edgar Alfred Jepson was an English author born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire in 1863. He had a long career in writing, producing a diverse body of work across multiple genres. Jepson largely wrote mainstream adventure and detective fiction, establishing himself as a contributor to popular fiction of his era. Beyond these genres, he also ventured into supernatural and fantasy stories, demonstrating range in his literary interests. Throughout his career, Jepson sometimes published under the pseudonym R. Edison Page. He lived in London later in life and died in Hampstead in 1938.