Hugh Conway (novelist)

Hugh Conway, the pen name of Frederick John Fargus (26 December 1847 – 15 May 1885), was an English novelist born in Bristol, the son of an auctioneer.

Fargus was intended for his father's business, but at the age of 13 joined a Mersey school ship Conway lent by the Admiralty for training merchant navy officers.

[1] In 1883 Fargus published through Arrowsmith his first novella, Called Back, an early thriller that sold over 350,000 copies in four years.

[1] British composer Jane Roeckel (publishing as Jules de Sivrai) used Fagus’ text for her song “Remember Me.”[4] Ordered to the Riviera for his health, Fargus caught typhoid fever, died in Monte Carlo[1] and was buried in Nice.

Several other books of his appeared posthumously, notably A Family Affair,[1] which was serialized in the English Illustrated Magazine in 1884–1885 and first published in volume form in 1885.

British author Hugh Conway portrayed shortly before his death by Photographer van der Weyde in London. His best-known books at the time included Dark Days, Called Back and A Family Affair .