Innes, Hammond

Ralph Hammond Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex in 1914. He was educated at Cranbrook School in Kent, which he left in 1931 to work as a journalist, initially with the "Financial Times". He went on to become a prolific author, penning over thirty novels as well as children's and travel books - his first novel, "The Doppelganger", was published in 1937. Innes served in the Royal Artillery during WWII, eventually rising to the rank of Major. During the war a number of his books were also published. After being demobbed in 1946 he worked full-time as a writer, achieving a number of early successe...