John Leslie Palmer was an English author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote fiction under the collaborative pseudonyms Francis Beeding, Christopher Haddon, David Pilgrim and John Somers.
I thought this was a biography when I downloaded it. However it is mostly just a comprehensive critique of Kipling's work. I would have found it more interesting if his opinions about Kipling weren't so close to my own. Unfortunately it felt dull to me because it gave me nothing to argue with. It is a very short book.