Paul Mark Scott
Paul Mark Scott, 1920-1978
Lived in: 78 Addison Way
Profession: Novelist
About his life:
- Served in the British army during WWII, spending time as an officer in colonial India, which shaped his writing career.
- Published the first novel in the renowned Raj Quartet series, A Jewel in the Crown, in 1966.
- Won the Booker Prize in 1977 for Staying On
- Was a visiting professor at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1976.
