Miles Gibson

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Miles Gibson (born 1947) is a reclusive English novelist, poet and artist. He was born in a squatters camp at an abandoned World War 11 airbase - RAF Holmsley South in the New Forest and raised in Christchurch, Dorset.

His works include two collections of poetry, The Guilty Bystander (1970) and Permanent Damage (1973), as well as the novels The Sandman (1984), Dancing with Mermaids (1985), Vinegar Soup (1987), Kingdom Swann (1990), Fascinated (1993), The Prisoner of Meadow Bank (1995), Mr Romance (2002) and Einstein (2004). His works for children include "Say Hello to the Buffalo", illustrated by Chris Riddell (1994), Little Archie (2004) and Whoops - There Goes Joe (2006). Kingdom Swann was adapted by David Nobbs as the feature-length comedy drama Gentlemen's Relish for BBC TV, starring Billy Connolly, Sarah Lancashire and Douglas Henshall (2001).