The Gold-Stealers (Esprios Classics)

Edward George Dyson (1865-1931) or 'Ted' Dyson was an Australian journalist poet playwright and short story writer. He was the elder brother of illustrators Will Dyson (1880-1938) and Ambrose Dyson (1876-1913) with three sisters also of artistic and literary praise. Dyson wrote under several - some say many - nom-de-plumes including Silas Snell. In his day the period of Australia's federation the poet and writer was 'ranked very closely to Australia's greatest short-story writer Henry Lawson'. With Lawson known as the 'swagman poet' Ogilvie the 'horseman poet' Dyson was the 'mining poet'. Although known as a freelance writer he was also considered part of The Bulletin writer group.