Author Hutchinson Arthur Stuart-Menteth

Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1880-1971) was a British novelist. Frequently referred to as A.S.M. Hutchinson, he was born in India. His father was a distinguished soldier and his mother was a member of the Stuart Menteths, a noble Scottish family. A.S.M Hutchinson wrote romance and family novels as well as short stories for publications such The Sphere Magazine. His best-selling novel, "If Winter Comes," was in many aspects ahead of its time, dealing with an unhappy marriage, eventual divorce, and an unwed mother who commits suicide. According to the New York Times, "If Winter Comes" was the best-selling book in the United States for all of 1922. The following year, Fox Film Corporation made it into a motion picture of the same name directed by Harry F. Millarde. In 1922, his book "This Freedom" was published to controversy, seen by the women's rights movement as an anti-feminist novel. However, it proved to be highly successful and was ranked by the New York Times as the 7th best-