Henry Vincent Yorke, who wrote under the pen name Henry Green, was an English writer born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1905. He is best remembered for his novels Living (1929), Party Going (1939), and Loving (1945), which established him as a significant literary figure of the twentieth century. Green published a total of nine novels between 1926 and 1952, developing a distinctive modernist style throughout his career. He was part of the group designated in the 1920s and 1930s as the 'Bright Young Things' by the tabloid press, a designation that reflected both his literary prominence and his place in London's cultural circles during that era. Green died in London in 1973, leaving behind a body of work that continues to be studied and appreciated for its innovative approach to fiction.