Hugh Walpole

Sir Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) was a prolific English novelist, born in New Zealand, renowned for his historical fiction like the Herries Chronicle series starting with Rogue Herries (1930), semi-autobiographical Jeremy novels, and works such as Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill (1911) and The Secret City (1919), the latter winning the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He achieved bestseller status in the 1920s-1930s, was knighted in 1937, and received the CBE in 1918 for wartime service.