Possible Clues:

• George __, otherwise known as Eric Blair
• Dystopian author gets nothing right, fortunately
• Soldiers pleasing Blair
• Creator of Big Brother
• George —, English author
• Otherwise healthy Englishman who wrote about thirty years ago?
• Socialist author, otherwise sensible
• Coiner of the term 'doublethink'
• Writer finding soldiers in sound condition
• 'Coming Up for Air' author