In regards to Mervyn Peake and Robert Erskine Childers, whose works included the influential novel "The Riddle of the Sands."
Mervyn Peake:  He is best known for what are usually referred to as the "Gormenghast" books. Robert Erskine Childers: Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), universally known as Erskine Childers, was a British writer, whose works included the influential novel "The Riddle of the Sands", and a Fenian revolutionary who smuggled guns to Ireland in his sailing yacht "Asgard".
Robert Erskine Childers