George Allan England (9 February 1877 - 26 June 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction.

[1] Influences on England's writing include H. G. Wells, Jack London and Algernon Blackwood.

In the concluding chapter, Flint is described as one of "the most sinister and cruel minds ever evolved upon this planet.

"[5] England's trilogy, Darkness and Dawn (published in 1912, 1913 and 1914 as The Vacant World, Beyond the Great Oblivion and Afterglow) tells the story of 2 modern people who awake a thousand years after the earth was devastated by a meteor.

Richard A. Lupoff has noted that Darkness and Dawn contains "an unfortunate element of racism" (the villains who menace the heroes are descended from African-Americans).