Hammond Innes

Hammond Innes (July 15, 1914 – June 10, 1998) was an English author who wrote over thirty novels, as well as children's and travel books.

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July 15 - 1914 - June 10 - 1998 - English - Author

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Ralph Hammond Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex. Educated at Cranbrook School in Kent, he left in 1931 to work as a journalist, initially with the Financial Times (at the time called the Financial News). The Doppelganger, his first novel, was published in 1937. In WWII he served in the Royal Artillery, eventually rising to the rank of Major. During the war, a number of his books were published, including Wreckers Must Breathe (1940), The Trojan Horse (1941) and Attack Alarm (1941). After being , in 1946 he worked full-time as a writer, achieving a number of early successes.

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Horsham - Sussex - Cranbrook School - Kent - 1931 - Financial Times - 1937 - WWII - Royal Artillery - 1940 - 1941 - 1946

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Innes went on to produce books in a regular sequence of six months of travel and research and then six months of writing, with many of these works featuring the sea. His rate of work was reduced from the 1960s, but was still substantial, and he became interested in ecological themes. He continued writing until just before his death. His last novel was Delta Connection (1996).

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1960s - 1996

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Four of his earlier novels were made into films: Snowbound (1948) from The Lonely Skier (1947), Hell Below Zero (1954) from The White South (1949), Campbell's Kingdom (1957) from the book of the same name (1952) and The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) also from the book of the same name (1956).

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1948 - 1947 - 1954 - 1949 - 1957 - 1952 - 1959 - 1956

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