Winston Graham

Emerging from a Manchester grammar school education, he spent his formative years in Cornwall where he began drafting novels by hand after his father's death. His debut, The House with the Stained Glass Windows, appeared in 1934, and the breakthrough came with Ross Poldark in 1945, launching a twelve-book saga that anchored his reputation. Parallel successes included the suspense titles Marnie (19… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources