Wilbur Smith

Wilbur Smith was a British-South African novelist known for historical fiction about southern Africa across four centuries. His first novel, When the Lion Feeds, led him to write full-time, and he went on to produce three long chronicles of the South African experience that became best-sellers. He also wrote adventure fiction set in ancient Egypt, including River God and The Seventh Scroll, with much of his work built around hunting, mining, romance and conflict. He died in 2021.