Talbot Mundy (1879–1940) was an English-born American writer of adventure fiction. He is best known for his novels set in India and the Middle East, such as King of the Khyber Rifles and Jimgrim. Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon in London, England, in 1879. He was educated at St. Paul's School and the University of London. He left England in 1901 and traveled extensively, living in South Africa, Canada, and the United States. He served in the British Army during World War I. Mundy began writing in 1912, and his first novel, The Winds of the World, was published in 1914. He wrote under the pseudonym Talbot Mundy, which he adopted from his grandmother's maiden name. He wrote more than 30 novels and numerous short stories, many of which were set in India and the Middle East. His most famous works include King of the Khyber Rifles (1916), Jimgrim (1918), and Tros of Samothrace (1925). Mundy was a member of the occult group the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and his writing often reflected his interest in mysticism and the occult. He died in 1940 in Florida.
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