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Philip Maitland Hubbard (9 November 1910 – 17 March 1980) was a British writer. He was known principally for his crime and suspense novels and stories, although he wrote in other genres as well. For example, contributing short stories and poetry to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and articles, verse, and parliamentary reports for Punch. Early lifeHubbard was born in Reading in Berkshire,[1] the second son of Wilton Hubbard, a stockbroker, and his wife Millicent, who had been born in Bombay. His grandfather, Henry Dickenson Hubbard (1824–1913), was a clergyman of the Church of England who left a substantial fortune. Hubbard was brought up mostly in Guernsey in the Channel Islands, where his father had gone to improve his health, and was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, then at Jesus College, Oxford, where in 1933 he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry[2] with a poem called "Ovid among the Goths".[2] LifeOn 3 October 1934, by Open Competition, Hubbard joined the Indian Civil Service[3] and went on to become the last District Commissioner of the Punjab before Indian independence in 1947. After that, he worked for the British Council and then as Deputy Director of the National Union of Manufacturers. From 1960 until his death he worked as a freelance writer.[2] Apart from novels, he also wrote articles for Punch and light verse. He settled at Horsehill Cottage, Stoke Abbott, near Beaminster, Dorset, where he lived with his wife and three children, Jane, Caroline and Peter, until separating from his wife. In 1973 he moved to south-west Scotland.[1] P. M. Hubbard's main output was sixteen full-length novels for adults.[2] These are typically suspense stories which have their settings in the countryside or on the coast of England or Scotland,[2] although one, The Country of Again, is set mainly in Pakistan.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Most of the novels feature a male protagonist (although in some, such as Flush as May and The Quiet River, the protagonist is a woman) and characters who in general are educated, articulate, and strong-willed.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} They draw extensively on one or more of the author's interests and preoccupations, including country sports, small-boat sailing, folk religion, and the works of William Shakespeare.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Hubbard's novel High Tide was adapted for television and broadcast in 1980 as part of the British ITV network's "Armchair Thriller" series.{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} Hubbard was described in his obituary in The Times as a "most imaginative and distinguished practitioner", writing with an "assurance and individuality of style and tone." He died on 17 March 1980.[4] BibliographyAdult suspense novels[5]
Novels written for children
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.mysteryfile.com/Hubbard/Worlds.html|title=The Worlds of P. M. Hubbard - Tom Jenkins & Wyatt James.|website=www.mysteryfile.com|accessdate=2 November 2018}} 2. ^Philip Maitland Hubbard, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jUzyjgEACAAJ Ovid among the Goths: the Newdigate prize poem, 1933] (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1933, 15 pages): title at books.google.co.uk 3. ^The London Gazette, Issue 34103 dated 9 November 1934, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34103/page/7162 p. 7162] 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|date=19 March 1980|page=16|work=The Times|title=Mr. P. M. Hubbard}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=P.+M.+Hubbard+++novels&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab|title=P. M. Hubbard novels - Google Search|website=www.google.com|accessdate=2 November 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=19748463225&searchurl=kn=%2522Anna+Highbury%2522&sortby=17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image1|title=Anna Highbury by Hubbard, P.M: Cassell & Company Ltd, London Hardcover, 1st Edition - Q's Books|website=www.abebooks.com|accessdate=2 November 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Rat-Trap-Island-P-M-Hubbard/dp/B0000CMA1W|title=Rat Trap Island|first=P. M.|last=HUBBARD|date=2 November 1964|publisher=Children's Book Club|accessdate=2 November 2018|via=Amazon}} Sources
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