Children of the Mist

Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) was an English author, poet, and dramatist. He was born in India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer. He was the author of many novels, plays and poems about Dartmoor. His Dartmoor cycle of 18 novels (including "Children of the Mist") and two volumes of short stories still has many avid readers.