LAST June there were red faces at Croydon Council after the authority falsely claimed Lord Byron was a local lad.
In the failed bid to win city status, the council included the poet in its "50 notable people".
However, the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society were quick to point out Byron only ever made it as far south as Dulwich.
Nevertheless, Croydon has boasted other famous authors:
Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived in Norwood.
D.H. Lawrence, who wrote Lady Chatterley's Lover, taught at Davidson Road School in Croydon while embarking on a writing career.
The French novelist Emile Zola lived at The Queen's Hotel in Church Road, Upper Norwood, between 1898 and 1899.
Cicely Mary Barker, author and illustrator of the Flower Fairies series of books, was born in Croydon.
Croydon is also the setting of two poems written by former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, Croydon and Love In A Valley.
Many of the Sherlock Holmes books feature the town.
Agatha Christie uses Croydon Airport in Death In The Clouds and Freeman Wills Crofts wrote a detective novel called The 12.30 From Croydon.