A.E.W. Mason (7 May 1865, Dulwich, London–22 November 1948, London) was a British author and politician.He studied at Dulwich College and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. He was a contemporary of fellow Liberal Anthony Hope, who went on to write the adventure novel The Prisoner of Zenda.His first novel, A Romance of Wastdale, was published in 1895. He was the author of more than 20 books, including At the Villa Rose (1910), a mystery novel in which he introduced his French detective, Inspector Hanaud. His best-known book is The Four Feathers, which has been made into several films. Other books are The House of the Arrow (1924), No Other Tiger (1927), The Prisoner in the Opal (1929) and Fire Over England (1937), all published as Hodder yellowjackets.