William Vaughan Wilkins (March 6, 1890 – February 1959) was an English historical novelist and journalist born and raised in England.
Wilkins spent some time working as a journalist for the Daily Express.
[1][3] Fanfare for a Witch focuses on intrigue in the court of George II.
[4] Wilkins also wrote two "lost world" fantasy novels inspired by Celtic mythology, The City of Frozen Fire (1950) and Valley Beyond Time (1955).
[5] His grave is in the churchyard in Farnsfield, Notts and states that his birthplace was Ross-on-Wye.