Ralph Shaw

Charles Frederick Ralph Shaw (August 13 1913 - September 10 1996) was a British author and journalist.

Although he was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, he always considered himself a Yorkshireman. He was the eldest of two boys and grew up in Keighley and Rugby. He maintained various jobs after leaving school, one as a local journalist for the "Rugby Advertiser" and subsequently on the "North China Daily News", Shanghai from 1937 to 1949.

He wrote his first book "Sin City" as a result of his experiences as a journalist and a Japanese prisoner of war. He spent many years of his life living and working abroad as a journalist in Brunei, Pakistan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. In 1976 his second book, "Kuwait", was published by Macmillan. This was a highly informative book about Kuwait describing the transformation of the country over a 25 year period.

He died on the 10 September 1996 and is buried in Kent. He was married and had one daughter.