H. Taprell Dorling H. Taprell Dorling Captain Henry Taprell Dorling (1883-1968) was a British sailor, author, and journalist who served in the Royal Navy during both world wars, giving his marine fact and fiction a notable authenticity. His Pincher Martin, O.D. (1916) is widely referenced as the source for Pincher Martin (1956) by Nobel prizewinner William Golding. He wrote under the name Taffrail. Dorling was born in Berwick, the second son of Colonel Francis Dorling, and named Taprell Henry, but later changed the order of his names. He entered the HMS "Britannia" in August 1897, his 1113 marks placing him fifty-eighth in merit
Martin Clark (author) Stuart, Virginia. Martin Clark (author) Martin Fillmore Clark, Jr. (born June 23, 1959) is an author and Virginia circuit court judge. Clark's first book, "The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living", was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2000 and was a "New York Times" Notable Book for 2000, a Book-of-the-Month Club selection and a finalist for The Stephen Crane First Fiction Award. His second novel, "Plain Heathen Mischief", was released in 2004 and was also published by Knopf. Clark's third novel, "The Legal Limit", released in April 2008, again by Knopf, was a "Washington Post" Best Book of the