Author john creasy biography
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- John Creasey MBE (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction.
- John Creasey MBE was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns.
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John Creasey
English writer (1908–1973)
Not to be confused with John Creasy, the fictional character in Man on Fire (2004 film).
John Creasey MBE | |
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| Born | 17 September 1908 Southfields, London Borough of Wandsworth, England |
| Died | 9 June 1973(1973-06-09) (aged 64) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction, Science fiction, Westerns, Romantic novels |
| Notable works | The Toff series George Gideon series (as J.J. Marric) Inspector Roger West series The Baron series (as Anthony Morton) Doctor Emmanuel Cellini series Dr. Palfrey series |
John CreaseyMBE (17 September 1908 – 9 June
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The Crime Writers’ Association
The John Creasey First Novel Dagger (formerly the ILP John Creasey New Blood Dagger) is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality with their first novel of any kind published in the UK in English during the judging period.
‘Best crime novel by a first-time author’ means that the author must not have had a novel of any sort published anywhere before under any name whatsoever. In the case of novels with more than one author, all the authors must meet this requirement.
It is up to the submitting publisher or author to ensure that novels submitted for this award qualify.
Jo Callaghan
In The Blink of An Eye
Simon & Schuster UK
Judges’ Comments
DCS Kat Frank leads a pilot cold case programme investigating missing persons that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock. When the case gets personal Lock’s logic is the only … More
2024 shortlist
In The Blink of An Eye
Jo Callaghan
John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
2024 | Winner
Simon & Schuster UK
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Entry updated 7 October 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1908-1973) UK author, publisher and literary agent who began writing for the Boys' Papers in 1926, turning to adult thrillers in 1932. He wrote 562 books under (it is widely reported) 28 pseudonyms, but it is doubtful if all were exclusively by him (Michael Moorcock was at one time approached to do writing for him). Like George Griffith with his Future-War novels, Creasey exploited contemporary fears of organized crime and of terrorist and revolutionary activities, often including sf elements as an additional horror – for example, his first novel, Seven Times Seven (1932; rev 1971), depicts a criminal gang equipped with "freezing gas" (see Inventions). Several of his books for boys, beginning with The Stolen Formula (1935) as by M E Cooke, make use of sf Inventions and other advanced Technology; the last of these, The Missing Monoplane (1947), in which the sf element is a Ray capable of immobilizing aircraft, may have been drafted before the outbreak of World War Two rendered the simpleminded Imperialism here es
Entry updated 7 October 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1908-1973) UK author, publisher and literary agent who began writing for the Boys' Papers in 1926, turning to adult thrillers in 1932. He wrote 562 books under (it is widely reported) 28 pseudonyms, but it is doubtful if all were exclusively by him (Michael Moorcock was at one time approached to do writing for him). Like George Griffith with his Future-War novels, Creasey exploited contemporary fears of organized crime and of terrorist and revolutionary activities, often including sf elements as an additional horror – for example, his first novel, Seven Times Seven (1932; rev 1971), depicts a criminal gang equipped with "freezing gas" (see Inventions). Several of his books for boys, beginning with The Stolen Formula (1935) as by M E Cooke, make use of sf Inventions and other advanced Technology; the last of these, The Missing Monoplane (1947), in which the sf element is a Ray capable of immobilizing aircraft, may have been drafted before the outbreak of World War Two rendered the simpleminded Imperialism here es
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