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Swinnerton left school at the age of 14 and was employed as an office boy for a newspaper publisher, Hay, Nisbet & Co and then as a clerk-receptionist by J. M. Dent, publishers of Everyman's Library.

He moved on to the publishing house of Chatto & Windus, first as a proof-reader and then as an editor.

Although he began writing novels in 1909, he continued editing until he became a full-time author in 1926.

Even then, he also worked as literary critic for the magazine Truth, the London Evening News ( 1929-32 ) and The Observer ( 1937-43 ).