A. Hamilton Gibbs

Arthur Hamilton Gibbs (9 March 1888 – 24 May 1964) was an English-American novelist.

[1] Born in London, Gibbs wrote 16 novels and two books of poetry.

His novels include The Persistent Lovers (1915) (which was adapted into a 1922 film of the same name), Soundings (1925) (the best-selling book in the United States that year), and Chances (1930) adapted for film Chances (1931).

Gibbs became a United States citizen in 1931, and thereafter lived primarily in Lakeville, Massachusetts.

He died in Boston in 1964, survived by his wife Jeanette (Philips), a writer and lawyer.