Authors
Authors in Camber
Below are listings for authors in Camber and the surrounding area ...
Rumer Godden
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Wrote ‘This House of Brede’ and ‘A Kindle of Kittens’ both of which were set in the region
Malcolm Saville
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Author of the Lone Pine adventure series, some of which are set in Rye.
Monica Edwards
Rye Harbour 1.5 miles from Camber
Monica Edwards was born Monica le Doux Newton and, as a child, her family moved to Rye Harbour, where her father, the Rev. Harry, became vicar and officiated at the funeral after the 1928 lifeboat disaster. The young Monica used to climb down the drainpipe at nights to spend time with the fishermen, who are … more
Ford Madox Ford
Winchelsea 3.9 miles from Camber
Lived in nearby Winchelsea and wrote amongst other things ‘The Good Soldier’.
Joseph Conrad
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Lived near Rye on Romney Marsh and wrote many novels including ‘Lord Jim’.
Edward Frederick Benson
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Novelist, Biographer, and Benefactor of Rye Edward Frederick Benson was born July 24, 1867 at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father was Headmaster. He was the fifth of six children born to Mary Sidgwick Benson and Edward White Benson, later Chancellor and Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, Bishop of Truro in Cornwall during the construction … more
Russell Thorndike
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
The author of the Dr Syn smuggling adventures set in Romney Marsh.
Henry James
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Lived in Lamb House, Rye and wrote Wings of a Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Ambassadors amonst others during his stay.
Arthur Christopher Benson
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Wrote a number of novels, plays and poems, perhaps the most famous being the words to ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
John Ryan
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
Artist and illustrator John Ryan lived in Rye. He wrote the Captain Pugwash series of books. He also produced the animated cartoons of Captain Pugwash for the BBC which were broadcast from 1957 to 1966.
Conrad Aiken
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
American poet, short story writer, critic and novelist. Lived in Rye between 1934-36, where he wrote ‘London Letters’ to the New Yorker newspaper.
John Christopher
Rye 2.9 miles from Camber
“John Christopher” is a pseudonym for Samuel Youd, a prolific author whose full bibliography runs to around 70 novels under seven different names. Currently lives in Rye.
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