1. Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea and Three Corvettes, but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe.
Nicholas Monsarrat was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Nicholas Monsarrat had intended to practise law, but decided to pursue working as an author instead.
Nicholas Monsarrat moved to London and wrote as a freelancer for newspapers.
Nicholas Monsarrat wrote four novels and a play in the space of five years.
Nicholas Monsarrat ended the war as commander of a frigate, and drew on his wartime experience in his postwar sea stories.
Nicholas Monsarrat was posted at first to Johannesburg, South Africa and then, in 1953, to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Nicholas Monsarrat began writing full-time during 1959, settling first on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, and later on the Maltese island of Gozo.
Denys Nicholas Monsarrat was killed in Egypt during the middle part of the war whilst his brother was serving with the Royal Navy.
Nicholas Monsarrat's final work, unfinished at the time of his death but published in its incomplete form, was a two-volume historical novel titled The Master Mariner.
Nicholas Monsarrat's hero participates in critical moments in history; Monsarrat used him to emphasize the importance of seamen.
Nicholas Monsarrat died of cancer on 8 August 1979 in London.