A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

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A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

1880–1971

Best known for the hugely popular novel If Winter Comes, this English writer built a wide readership with stories that mixed domestic drama, moral conflict, and a clear, accessible style. His career stretched from journalism into fiction, and his work found readers on both sides of the Atlantic.

5 Audiobooks

Once Aboard the Lugger-- The History of George and his Mary

Once Aboard the Lugger-- The History of George and his Mary

by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

The Happy Warrior

The Happy Warrior

by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

This Freedom

This Freedom

by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

The Clean Heart

The Clean Heart

by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

About the author

Born in 1880, he was an English novelist and journalist whose full name was Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson. He worked in journalism before turning to fiction, and that background helped shape the direct, readable style that made his books widely popular.

His biggest success was If Winter Comes (1921), a novel that became an international bestseller and helped fix his place in early 20th-century popular fiction. He wrote a number of other novels as well, often focusing on family life, personal duty, and the pressures of respectability.

Although he is less widely read now than he was at his peak, he remains a notable figure in British literary history as a writer who reached a very broad audience. He died in 1971.