Thomas Henry Gallon was a British playwright and novelist. He was the brother of Nellie Tom-Gallon, an author and publicist who established the Tom-Gallon Trust Award for Beginning Writers in remembrance of her brother. Tom Gallon was born in Bermondsey, London, as the son of John P. Gallon (an engineer, fitter, and turner) and Martha K. Gallon. Several of Tom Gallon's novels have been adapted into films, including The Princess of Happy Chance (1916), Meg the Lady (1916), The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918), The Lackey and the Lady (1919), A Rogue in Love (1922), Boden's Boy (1923), Off the Highway (1925, based on Tatterley), The Great Gay Road (1920, silent), and The Great Gay Road (1931, sound). He died in London on November 4, 1914.
