R.C. Hutchinson

1907–1975

English novelist born in Finchley, Middlesex. Educated at Monkton Combe School and Oriel College, Oxford, he worked in the advertising department of Colman’s in Norwich before turning to full-time writing in 1935. His first novel, Thou Hast a Devil, appeared in 1930, and The Unforgotten Prisoner (1933) sold widely. He served in the army during the Second World War, leaving as a major. A Child Possessed won the W. H. Smith Literary Award. He died in July 1975 before finishing Rising, which was published with a postscript by his widow and was shortlisted for the 1976 Booker Prize.

Timeline of R.C. Hutchinson’s life

Works

• Rising (1976)

Prizes

• Rising — The Booker Prize 1976: Shortlist