Perceval Gibbon (4 November 1879 – 30 May 1926) was an author and journalist. He is best remembered for his short stories, the best of which often contained an ironic twist at the end.
He was born in Trelech, Carmarthenshire, Wales, and was educated in the Moravian School, in Königsfeld of Baden, Perceval Gibbon was a friend of the writer Joseph Conrad, and dedicated his novel Flower o’ the Peach (1911) to Joseph Conrad and Jessie Conrad. Conrad dedicated his novel Victory (1915) to Perceval and Maisie Gibbon.
During World War I he was a war correspondent with the Italian Army from 1917 to 1918. In 1918–1919, Perceval Gibbon was a Major in the British Royal Marines.
In 2007 the work Margaret Harding was adapted into a screenplay by Meg Rickards who directed the mini-series and the made-for-TV feature film for SABC.