
author
1871–1947
A bestselling American novelist of the early twentieth century, he brought American history, politics, and social change to life in sweeping, readable fiction. His celebrated novels include Richard Carvel, The Crisis, Coniston, and The Inside of the Cup.

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by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

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by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill

by Winston Churchill
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1871, Winston Churchill graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1894 before briefly serving at sea. He then worked as an editor for the Army and Navy Journal and Cosmopolitan, leaving magazine work in 1895 to write full-time.
Churchill became widely known after the success of Richard Carvel (1899), which sold nearly two million copies and made him independently wealthy. His early novels drew on major episodes in American history, while later works explored contemporary politics, religion, business, and social reform.
He was also active in public life, serving in the New Hampshire legislature from 1903 to 1905 and later campaigning unsuccessfully for governor. A prominent member of the Cornish Art Colony, he lived in Cornish, New Hampshire, until his death in Winter Park, Florida, in 1947. He was not related to the better-known British statesman of the same name.