Arthur Quiller-Couch the source of the popular writers' adage "murder your darlings". He is mentioned briefly in "The Well of Lost Plots" by Jasper Fforde as one of the few authors with a name beginning with the letter "Q". It is Quiller-Couch who originated the saying "kill your darlings": A collected edition of Q's fiction appeared as "Tales and Romances" (30 volumes, 1928–29). Arthur Quiller-Couch Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (; 21 November 186312 May 1944) was a Cornish writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication "The Oxford Book Of English
Bevil Quiller-Couch Southern Cemetery, in Germany. Although he died after the end of the war, his name is still recorded on the war memorial at Fowey Church. A book by Charlotte Pullein-Thompson called "The Tears of War" was published in 2000 by Cavalier Books. It was a compilation of Quiller-Couch's love-letters sent to his fiancée and poems she sent to him. In 2002, BBC Radio 4 presented a dramatised version of "The Tears of War" as the afternoon play for Armistice Day. The part of Quiller-Couch was played by the actor James Purefoy. Bevil Quiller-Couch Major Bevil Quiller-Couch MC was a decorated