 Future author and radio host James Hilton was born in Lee Lancashire, England on September 9, 1900. He earned an English Literature degree at Cambridge University, during the course of which he also wrote his first novel. Hilton worked as a journalist and as a young man. He struggled to write novels on the side. Not until 1931 did Hilton find some success with his novel and now Goodbye. This was followed between 1933 and 1941 with Lost Horizons, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and Random Harvest. All three books would be adapted into motion pictures as well as featured on different dramatic radio series over the years. From 1948 to 1953, Hilton served as the host for Hallmark Playhouse, a 30-minute dramatic radio program. He was also credited with choosing the stories adapted for the show each week. Hilton married twice to Alice Brown in 1935 and Galinda Copernac in 1948. He moved to California in the late 1930s and he would die from liver cancer in Long Beach, California, December 20, 1954. First published in 1933, Lost Horizons remains in print to this day. For Oldtimer U Researchers, I'm your announcer, Patrick Andre. Thank you for listening.