- John Newton Chance, a British writer who served in the Royal Air Force, was the author of 109 mystery novels, 25 more mystery/detective thriller novels with series character Sexton Blake written under the pseudonym "John Drummond," 25 science fiction books written under the pseudonym "John Lymington," 4 juvenile books, a crime-related nonfiction book and an autobiography. He also wrote as "David C. Newton" and "Jonathan Chance."
- He sometimes wrote under the name "David C. Newton", a borrowing from his son David Newton Chance, who was a divinity student who hoped to become a clergyman.
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