Frederick Laurence Green (1902–1953) was a British author who had 14 titles published between 1934 and 1952. He is best known for his 1945 novel,
Odd Man Out, which was filmed by
Carol Reed, also as
Odd Man Out, in 1947. The novel was also used as the basis of the 1969
Sidney Poitier movie
The Lost Man (1969). Born in
Portsmouth, on 6 April 1902, Green published his first novel,
Julius Penton, in 1934. It was his second book, 1939's
On the Night of the Fire, which made his name.
On the Night of the Fire was also adapted for the screen in 1939 and directed by
Brian Desmond Hurst.