David Herbert Lawrence (September 11, 1985 - March 2, 1930) was an English writer. Much of Lawrence's work was based off his family life, which featured tension between his father, a coal mine worker, and his mother who was a schoolmistress.

Lawrence's opinions as well as the sexual content of some of his works made him a lot of enemies in his homeland and some of his novels were banned for many years.Lawrence and his wife left England after World War I and mostly traveled until Lawrence became ill and the couple finally settled in Florence, Italy.  Lawrence's best known works areSons and Lovers,W men in Love, andLady Chatterley's Lover.