S. Fowler Wright

Wright was born in Holly Street, Smethwick (then in the Kings Norton registration district), England on 6 January 1874.

[5] From a young age, Wright deliberately adopted a healthy lifestyle; he did not smoke or eat meat, and rarely drank alcohol.

The book Science-Fiction: The Early Years describes Wright as "the major British writer of genre science fiction between Wells and the moderns".

[1] His first science fiction novel was The Amphibians (1924), set in a future where humanity has been succeeded by the titular beings.

[5] His 1928 novel Deluge, about a flood which devastates Britain, was a success and was later adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title.