Lennie Lower

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Lennie Lower (September 24th, 1903-1947), was an Australian humourist who is still considered by many to be the comic genius of Australian journalism. Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, he wrote up to eight columns each week for a variety of newspapers in Sydney during the Depression and World War One. His father was a pharmacist and his mother was Florence McInerney. Educated in Sydney, Lower joined the army for a brief time before turning to journalism, where his talents as a humorist soon gained him a legion of dedicated fans and a place in Australian history.

Lennie Lower wrote Here's Luck in 1929. The novel deals with the twists and turns of fate befalling Jack Gudgeon and his feckless son Stanley. When Jack's wife Agatha suddenly leaves them, both to go it alone on a wild rampage through Sydney's race courses, gambling dens, pubs and cafes. Cyril Pearl, a noted Sydney journalist and Lower's editor described Here's Luck in the following terms: It remains pre-eminently Australia's funniest book, as ageless as Pickwick or Tom Sawyer, a work of 'weird genius', as one reviewer put it, written by a 'Chaplin of words'.

Lennie Lower wrote for The Daily Telegraph(Australia) , The Sunday Telegraph and Smith's Weekly until his death in 1947 at the age of 43.