P. H. Newby

Percy Howard Newby (1918-1997) was an English novelist and BBC broadcasting administrator best known for winning the first Booker Prize in 1969 for his novel Something to Answer For. His other notable works include the Anglo-Egyptian trilogy (Picnic at Sakkara, Revolution and Roses, A Guest and His Going) and early novels like Mariner Dances, which won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1948. P.H. Newby Literary Estate