About
English author who was known for writing the Wilt series and the books Porterhouse Blue and Blott on the Landscape.
Before Fame
He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge and moved to South Africa where he lived for a decade.
Trivia
He worked as a history lecturer at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology.
Family Life
His father, Rev George Coverdale Sharpe, was a Unitarian minister.
Associated With
His book Wilt was made into a film in 1989, and it starred Mel Smith.
