J.L. Hardy wurde am 10 Juni 1894 in London, England geboren. Er war Autor, bekannt für Everything Is Thunder (1936) und The Key (1934). Er starb am 30 Mai 1958 in London, England.
April 1925, he retired from the army on account of ill-health caused by his wounds. He worked for Lloyds Bank in Pall Mall, London and later went into full-time book writing and farming at Washpit Farm near King's Lynn, Norfolk. His publications were often based on his own true-life adventures.
