Pen name X.L. Genre Horror fiction Died 1925 Period 1893–1925 Role Writer | Nationality United States Name Julian Field Occupation short story writer Notable works "A Kiss of Judas" | |
Literary movement Decadent movement | ||
Julian Osgood Field (1852–1925) was an American socialite and writer. Some of his works were published under the pseudonyms X.L. or Sigma.
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Biography
Julian Osgood FIeld was born on April 23, 1852, the son of Maunsell Bradhurst Field (1822–75), who was an official of the US Treasury under Abraham Lincoln, and Julia Field (née Stanton). Educated in England, he lived largely in London and Paris and became an intimate of the future King Edward VII of Great Britain. Field used the pseudonym X.L. (or Sigma) to write decadent horror fiction.
Despite his background, Field was a crook, moneylender's tout, and undischarged bankrupt, pursued by many creditors. As well as his books of recollections, which have been mined by biographers, he is notable for involving Lady Ida Sitwell, mother of Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Edith Sitwell in a financial scandal in 1912 which led to her imprisonment for debt.