[1] Middlesex Hospital, London.
Father: Thomas Scott (commercial artist)
Mother: Frances
Wife: Elisabeth Avery ("Penny", m. 1941, two daughers)
Daughter: Carol (b. 1947)
Daughter: Sally (b. 1948)
High School: Winchmore Hill Collegiate School
Professor: Visiting Professor, University of Tulsa (1976-66)
Booker Prize 1977 for Staying On
Risk Factors: Alcoholism
Author of books:
Johnnie Sahib (1952, novel)
The Alien Sky (1953, novel)
The Mark of the Warrior (1958, novel)
The Chinese Love Pavilion (1960, novel)
Birds of Paradise (1962, novel)
The Jewel in the Crown (1966, novel, Raj Quartet)
The Day of the Scorpion (1968, novel, Raj Quartet)
The Towers of Silence (1971, novel, Raj Quartet)
A Division of the Spoils (1975, novel, Raj Quartet)
Staying On (1977, novel)
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