Paul Scott (novelist) and John Braine. Extensive collection of letters to correspondents and their responses, University of Tulsa McFarlin Library Paul Scott (novelist) Paul Mark Scott (25 March 19201 March 1978) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy "The Raj Quartet." His novel "Staying On" won the Booker Prize for 1977. Paul Scott was born in Palmers Green, in Southgate, London, then in Middlesex, the younger of two sons. His father, Thomas (1870–1958), was a Yorkshireman who moved to London in the 1920s and was a commercial artist specializing in furs and lingerie. His mother, Frances, née
Jonathan Smith (novelist) Following Game", published in 2011. His first novel "Wilfred and Eileen" was adapted for BBC television into a four-part serial. He also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his 1995 novel "Summer in February", starring Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning and Dan Stevens, which was released in June 2013. His latest novel The Churchill Secret KBO has been adapted for a feature-length movie starring Michael Gambon to be screened around Christmas 2015 on ITV. Over twenty plays including: Jonathan Smith (novelist) Jonathan Smith (born 1942) is an English novelist, writer and teacher. A career English teacher, he is best