Charles Williams (British writer)

This article is about the British writer born in 1886. For other people called Charles or Charlie Williams, see Charles Williams (disambiguation). For the British writer born in 1971, see Charlie Williams (British writer).

Charles Williams
BornCharles Walter Stansby Williams
(1886-09-20)20 September 1886
London, England
Died15 May 1945(1945-05-15) (aged 58)
Oxford, England
OccupationEditor, novelist
NationalityEnglish
GenreFantasy
Notable worksWar in Heaven
The Place of the Lion
The Greater Trumps
Descent into Hell
SpouseFlorence Conway

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (20 September 1886 – 15 May 1945) was an English poet, novelist, playwright, theologian and literary critic. Most of his life was spent in London, where he was born, but in 1939 he moved to Oxford with the university press for which he worked until his death.