Aldous Huxley, English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much dystopian science fiction that followed. His notable works: Brave New World, After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, Eyeless in Gaza, Point Counter Point, Crome Yellow, Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, The Doors of Perception, The Devils of Loudun. Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.