J. Meade Falkner was an English writer and businessman. Educated at Oxford College, Falkner initially worked as a tutor to the children of Sir Andrew Noble, who ran one of the foremost arms manufacturers of the early twentieth century, Armstrong Whitworth Co. This association eventually led to Falkner s own interest in the company, of which he assumed control as chairman in 1915. Falkner s best known literary work is the novel Moonfleet, although he also penned two other novels and a number of works of non-fiction. Falkner died in 1932.