Julian Osgood Field

Julian Osgood Field
Born	1852 Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	1925
Pen name	X.L.
Occupation	short story writer
Nationality	United States
Period	1893–1925
Genre	Horror fiction
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.

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. He is also famous 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.

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