His interest in dramatics led him to join the Lena Ashwell Players as stage manager, touring the country with the company.
In 1931 he is known to have been living in the village of Loose, Kent,[3] before returning to Maidstone, where he produced plays for the local dramatic society.
In December 2015, Elmore's photo appeared in The Times of London, along with a lengthy article detailing the success of reprints of his books.
Elmore published 30 crime novels under the pseudonym John Bude,[1] with Inspector William Meredith appearing in most of them.
[1] Straddling the crime novels were several works of humorous fantasy written under his own name, the most well-known being The Steel Grubs (1928), This Siren Song (1930), and The Lumpton Gobbelings (1954).