R. F. Delderfield

R F Delderfield was born in South London in 1912. On leaving school he joined the Exmouth Chronicle newspaper as a junior reporter where he went on to become Editor. From there he began to write stage plays and then became a highly successful novelist renowned for brilliantly portraying slices of English life. With the publication of his first saga A Horseman Riding By he became one of Britain's most popular authors. Many of his bestselling novels were later adapted for television. He died in 1972.