DAVID
LINDSAY
David Lindsay (1876–1945) was born in London into a middle-class family, with Scottish ancestry through his father.
He was unable to make use of a university scholarship due to financial difficulties, but went on to build a successful career as an insurance clerk. This career was interrupted by the First World War.
After the war, he moved with his much younger wife to Cornwall in order to devote himself to writing.
During his twenty-year writing career he produced seven books, two of which were unpublished during his lifetime. His first novel, A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), became a classic in the field of fantasy literature.