Simon Raven

Simon Raven was an prolific English author known for writing literary fiction. The London born author attended Charterhouse and was infamously expelled for homosexual activity in 1945. However, he has claimed that his games master had seduced him when he was just nine and that it was an unalloyed, pleasurable experience. Raven then joined the army and served until 1948 before he quit to go to college. He went to Kings College Cambridge for his “A” levels where he studied English literature specializing in the Classics. In 1951, he got Susan Kilner pregnant and married her out of obligation though for the most part, he avoided her after the marriage. Thankfully, the two divorced in 1957 and Raven got back into the army. He served abroad in Kenya and Germany but had to resign rather than face a court-martial over his gambling debts.