Edwards, G. B.

G. B. Edwards (1899--1976) was born on the British Island of Guernsey. A professor of drama and literature at Toynbee Hall, his friends included Middleton Murray, J.S. Collis, and Stephen Potter. Though full of promise, he published only a handful of articles. Encouraged by Edward Chaney to create a trilogy of novels on island life, he completed only one, "The Book of Ebenezer Le Page."
John Fowles (1926--2005) was born in Leigh-on-Sea, in the south-east of England, and educated at Oxford. His best-known novels are "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "The Magus,"