Editing C. S. Forester (section)

{{Short description|British novelist (1899–1966)}}
{{redirect|Cecil Forester}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name             = C.&nbsp;S. Forester
| image            = CS Forester00.jpg
| birth_name       = Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|df=yes|1899|8|27}}
| birth_place      = [[Cairo]], [[Khedivate of Egypt]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|4|2|1899|8|27}}
| death_place      = [[Fullerton, California]], U.S.
| occupation       = Novelist
| nationality      = British
| genre            = Adventure, drama, sea stories
| spouse           = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Kathleen Belcher|1926|1945|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Dorothy Foster|1947}}
}}
| children         = [[John Forester (cyclist)|John]] (1929-2020); George 
| education        = [[Alleyn's School]], [[Dulwich College]]
}}
'''Cecil Louis Troughton Smith''' (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name '''Cecil Scott''' "'''C. S.'''" '''Forester''', was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book [[Horatio Hornblower]] series depicting a [[Royal Navy]] officer during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. 

The Hornblower novels ''[[A Ship of the Line]]'' and ''[[Flying Colours (novel)|Flying Colours]]'' were jointly awarded the 1938 [[James Tait Black Memorial Prize]] for fiction. Other works include ''[[The African Queen (novel)|The African Queen]]'' and ''[[The Good Shepherd (novel)|The Good Shepherd]]'', both of which were later adapted as movies. 

During [[World War II]], he moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] where he worked for the [[Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)|British Ministry of Information]], writing propaganda for the [[Allies of World War II|Allied cause]]. He subsequently settled in [[Fullerton, California]], where he died in 1966 of complications arising from a stroke.