William Bury Westall
William Bury Westall was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England.
Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret. Among his novels are Her Two Millions with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run ; and Birch Dene which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.
