Clive King (1924 - 2018) was a children's author most know for Stig of the Dump. This Guardian Obituary talks quite a bit about Stig before giving an overview of Clive King's life. I found it interesting that he thought Stig had struggled to get a publisher because they were wary of books where children ran wild. It also talks of him growing up near an abandoned chalk pit, the setting for Stig o the Dump. In an interview with Puffin he talks about his first writing being an unpublished Western written when he was 6.