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Apr 22, 1874 Camden Park, New South Wales, Australia Died on 11 Nov 1952 (aged 78)
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About James Francis Dwyer
- James Francis Dwyer (22 April 1874 – 11 November 1952) was an Australian writer.
- Born in Camden Park, New South Wales, Dwyer worked as a postal assistant until he was convicted in a scheme to make fraudulent postal orders and sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 1899.
- In prison, Dwyer began writing, and with the help of another inmate and a prison guard, had his work published in The Bulletin.
- After completing his sentence, he relocated to London and then New York, where he established a successful career as a writer of short stories and novels.
- Dwyer later moved to France, where he wrote his autobiography, Leg-Irons on Wings, in 1949.
- Dwyer wrote over 1,000 short stories during his career, and was the first Australian-born person to become a millionaire from writing.
