John Cecil Moore (10 November 1907 – 27 July 1967) was a best-selling British writer and pioneer conservationist.
His best-selling trilogy, published in the years immediately after the Second World War – Portrait of Elmbury, Brensham Village and The Blue Field – was followed by a series of novels and self-styled 'country-contentments'.
[1] Moore was the author of more than 40 published works, most of which explored themes relating to rural life in the first half of the 20th century.
He contributed a weekly column on rural matters to the Birmingham Mail for eighteen years and was a frequent broadcaster on radio.
A talented naturalist from schooldays, Moore was an early campaigner for the conservation of everything connected with the rural scene.