James Hilton (novelist)

James Hilton
Publicity portrait of Hilton
Born	(1900-09-09)9 September 1900 Leigh, Lancashire, England
Died	20 December 1954(1954-12-20) (aged 54) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist screenwriter
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Genre	Fantasy adventure novel mainstream fiction
Spouse	Alice Brown ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1937)​ Galina Kopernak ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1945)​

James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.