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Mike Ripley

August 2022

  • Philip Purser Daily Mail Tv Critic In Manchester. Box 0590 190615 00154a.jpg.<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANL/Shutterstock (4890486a) Philip Purser Daily Mail Tv Critic In Manchester. Box 0590 190615 00154a.jpg.

    Philip Purser obituary

    Novelist and dramatist who went on to become one of the most respected television critics of his generation

April 2022

  • Jack Higgins, author. London. Commissioned for Review

    Jack Higgins obituary

    Bestselling author who achieved huge success with his 1975 wartime thriller The Eagle Has Landed

November 2021

  • Author Wilbur Smith photographed at the Gore Hotel, London. For Portrait of the Artist. *Please mention the Gore Hotel in picture caption if at all possible*. Photo by Linda Nylind. 3/1/2013.

    Wilbur Smith obituary

    Bestselling author of adventure novels with African settings such as When the Lion Feeds and The Sunbird

October 2021

  • Robert Richardson

    Robert Richardson obituary

    Crime writer who drew on his experience as a Fleet Street journalist to colour his thrillers

December 2020

  • Alanna Knight obituary

    Alanna Knight obituary

    Prolific author of romantic and crime fiction, and active supporter of new Scottish writing

April 2020

  • Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo: a new style of detective story, unflinching in descriptions of horrific crimes.

    Maj Sjöwall obituary

    Co-author with Per Wahlöö of the Martin Beck crime series that blazed a trail for Scandinavian crime fiction

January 2020

  • Marion Chesney Gibbons was mostly known by the pen name MC Beaton.

    MC Beaton obituary

    Crime fiction writer who created the detectives Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin

August 2019

  • Marcel Berlins. by-line photo: Linda Nylind ** Bylines have already been processed, colour corrected and cut-out by Imaging and are stored in &gt;Editorial 01 &gt;Resources 01 &gt;Permanent Resources &gt;Writers’ portraits **

    Marcel Berlins obituary

    Legal journalist, broadcaster, crime fiction critic and proud French citizen

June 2019

  • Anthony Price juggled careers as newspaper editor, book reviewer and author.

    Anthony Price obituary

    Writer of crime fiction and respected reviewer of the genre

May 2018

  • Reg Gadney in Jamaica for the filming of Goldeneye, 1989, based on the life of Ian Fleming. Gadney wrote the television script and enjoyed a cameo acting role as an ornithologist.

    Reg Gadney obituary

    Artist, television scriptwriter and author of thrillers featuring unheroic heroes

September 2013

  • Robert Barnard was an active member of the Crime Writers' Association

    Robert Barnard obituary

    Crime writer whose zestful detective stories had a satirical streak

August 2013

  • Barbara Mertz used the pen names of Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels

    Barbara Mertz obituary

    US crime writer and Egyptologist known for her feisty heroine

March 2011

  • HRF Keating

    HRF Keating obituary

    Perennially popular crime writer best known for the Inspector Ghote series

September 2008

  • James Crumley

    Obituary: Crime writer with a cult status hailed as Chandler's heir

November 2007

  • John Gardner

    Obituary: Prolific thriller writer behind the revival of James Bond and Professor Moriarty.

August 2007

  • RD Wingfield

    Obituary: Creator of the laconic Inspector Jack Frost, he was also a prolific writer of radio plays.
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