FitzGibbon was born in the United States in 1919, the youngest of four surviving children. His father, Commander Robert Francis Lee-Dillon FitzGibbon (1884–1954), See more

Fitzgibbon's first, brief, marriage was to Margaret Aye Moung, but during World War II he met Theodora Rosling. They married in 1944 and lived at Sacombs Ash, Hertfordshire, … See more

World War II service
FitzGibbon served as an officer in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the … See more

• The Arabian Bird (1949)
• The Iron Hoop (1950)
• Dear Emily (1952); US-edition as Cousin Emily See more

• Translated Penguin Book – at Penguin First Editions reference site of early first edition Penguin Books. See more