Drammaturgo e romanziere inglese (Manchester 1884 - Virginia Water, Surrey, 1955) Tra i suoi romanzi più noti: Peter Homunculus (1909), Round the corner (1913), The stucco house (1918), Mummery (1918), Pink roses (1919), Time and eternity (1919), Sembal (1922), The house of prophecy (1924). Tra le commedie: Miles Dixon (1910), James and John (1911), Mary's wedding (1912), Everybody's husband (1917), The release of the soul (1920).