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
Jason Matthews (novelist) Jennifer Lawrence. In 2015 and 2018, he published "Palace of Treason" and "The Kremlin’s Candidate" which are the sequel of "Red Sparrow". Jason Matthews (novelist) Jason Matthews (born 1951) is the author of the "Red Sparrow" spy novel trilogy. Prior to becoming a novelist, Matthews spent 33 years working for the CIA. In 2014, his first novel, "Red Sparrow" (2013), won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Writer and critic Art Taylor praised it in "The Washington Post", writing that it "isn't just a fast-paced thriller — it’s a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its