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 Green (author) Martin Green (author) Martin Green (10 July 1932 – 4 February 2015) was an English-born writer, editor and publisher. Born in Stockport, England, Green was schooled at A. S. Neill's Summerhill, while his parents fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. Green co-founded the literary periodical "Nimbus" (1951–58) with Tristram Hull and later worked as an editor at MacGibbon & Kee, where he published alongside Timothy O'Keeffe books such as Nell Dunn's "Up the Junction" (1963). They went on to form their own publishing house, Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, with the editor Brian Rooney. Here, Green collected