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George Warwick
A prolific English storyteller best known for Sorrell and Son, he moved from medical training into a hugely successful writing career. His novels ranged from historical adventures to popular family dramas that reached a wide readership in the early 20th century.
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About the author
Born George Warwick Deeping in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1877, he came from a family of doctors and studied science and medicine at Trinity College, Cambridge, before completing medical training at Middlesex Hospital. Although he qualified in medicine, he became known instead as a novelist and short story writer.
His first books were historical novels, and over time he built an exceptionally productive career as a popular author. He is now most closely associated with Sorrell and Son (1925), the book that became his best-known success and helped fix his reputation with a broad reading public.
During the First World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Deeping died in 1950, but his work still offers a window into the tastes of an earlier generation of readers who loved dramatic plots, strong emotions, and memorable characters.