George Blake (born Oct. 28, 1893, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scot.—died Aug. 29, 1961, Glasgow) was a writer whose most interesting books are the novels he wrote about Clydeside shipbuilders. He describes their life with a realism that played a part in overcoming the tendency of Scottish letters toward a sentimental portrayal of the local scene.
Blake worked as a journalist and in a publishing house before becoming a full-time writer. Among his many novels are Vagabond Papers (1922), The Shipbuilders (1935), David and Joanna (1936) and the semiautobiographical work Down to the Sea (1937).