R. F. Delderfield (1912 1972) was born in South London. On leaving school he joined the "Exmouth Chronicle" newspaper as a junior reporter and went on to become editor. He began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist, renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga, A Horseman Riding By, he became one of Britain s most popular authors, and his novels have been bestsellers ever since. Many of his works, including the Horseman Riding By series, "To Serve Them All My Days," the Avenue novels, and "Diana," were adapted for television."
"Sheer, wonderful storytelling." --Chicago Tribune "[Delderfield] built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett." --Life "Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming." --Evening Standard "A born storyteller." --Sunday Mirror
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