WS毛姆（Willam·Somerset Maugham 1874--1965）英国小说家、戏剧家。毛姆主要的成就在小说创作，他的不少作品有浓郁的异国情调，为此很受读者欢迎。

《月亮和六便士》是毛姆著名的长篇小说，描写一个英国画家来到南太平洋中的塔希提岛，与土著人共同过纯朴原始的生活，创作了不少名画。这部小说表现的是天才、个性与物质文明以及现代婚姻、家庭生活之间的矛盾。

“The dear soul thought she was doing a wondeful thing for me when she made me an artist ,but perhaps, after all, it would have been better for me if my father's will had prevailed and I were now but an honest carpenter.”