Robert Huxter was the biographer of Reginald Reynolds and Ethel Mannin. Huxter graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1962, and worked as an actor, playwright, and journalist. Like Reynolds, Huxter was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). At the time of the publication of Reg and Ethel, Huxter and his wife were co-wardens of the Friends Meeting House, Jordans, Buckinghamshire, and Huxter also wrote two books about that Meeting House. He worked for the Society of Friends for many years, including as a publicity and publications officer for Friends Service Council and Quaker Peace and Service.