Henry Gibbs

Henry St. John Clair Rumbold-Gibbs (1909-1975), who wrote as Henry Gibbs, was a prolific British author, journalist, and artist best known for his adventure novels set in exotic locales like South Africa and Asia, including Sahara Road, Silk Road, and the science fiction-tinged Pawns in Ice. His work Twilight in South Africa earned the 1951 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in nonfiction for its contribution to understanding racism. He published over 40 novels under his name and the pseudonym Simon Harvester, blending thriller, historical, and occasional speculative elements without other major literary awards noted.