L.P. Hartley
Leslie Poles Hartley was born in 1895 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, and received his education at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford.
For over three decades beginning in 1923, he worked tirelessly as a fiction reviewer for publications including the Spectator and Saturday Review, reportedly reading thousands of novels throughout his career.
His literary journey began with a short story collection, Night Fears (1924), but widespread recognition came with Eustace and Hilda (1947), winner of the James Tait Black Prize.
His later novels, including The Go-Between and The Hireling, were both adapted into celebrated films.
He died in 1972.
