John S. Warner was probably the true name of the author since he was writing in the early days of the Dime Novel before pseudonyms became common. In a Beadle blurb he was called "a sailor of experience."

Dime Novels. Nos. 26, 46, 50, 55, 336, 500, 518, 574
American Library (London). Nos. 14, 47
Pocket Novels. Nos. 26, 255
Halt-Dime Library. No. 475
Boy's Library (octavo). Nos. 249, 255, 294