A. G. Macdonell

Archibald Gordon Macdonell (1895–1941) was a Scottish writer, journalist, and broadcaster born in Poona, India, to a Scottish family, best known for his gently satirical novel England, Their England (1933), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and is celebrated as a classic of English humour depicting interwar England, particularly its famous village cricket scene. He also authored other acclaimed satirical works like The Autobiography of a Cad (1938), mystery novels under pseudonyms Neil Gordon and John Cameron, and the military history Napoleon and His Marshals (1934), while working as a journalist, BBC broadcaster, and Liberal Party candidate.