Peter Lovesey

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Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936 in Whitton, Middlesex - ), is a British writer of historical and contemporary crime novels and short stories.

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[edit] Life

Lovesey was educated at Hampton Grammar School and read English at Reading University. He graduated in 1958 and completed three years National Service in the RAF. In 1959 he married Jacqueline Ruth Lewis; they have a son and daughter. In 1961 Lovesey was appointed a lecturer in English at Thurrock Technical College, Essex.

He became interested in Victorian sport and in 1968 his first book The Kings of Distance was published, dealing with the careers and personalities of five outstanding runners of the past. In 1969 he was made head of the General Education Department at Hammersmith College for Further Education. He held this position until he became a full-time writer in 1975.

In 1970, he began his mystery writing career with Wobble to Death which introduced Sergeant Cribb, the Victorian detective. And in 1991 he created Peter Diamond, an ex-policeman in Bath.

Most of Peter Lovesey's writing has been done under his own name. However, he did write three novels under the pen name 'Peter Lear.'

Lovesey's novels and short stories have won him a number of awards, including both the Gold Dagger and the Silver Dagger of the Crime Writers' Association, of which he was Chairman in 1991-2. In 2000, he received the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime achievement in crime writing.

Peter Lovesey lives near Chichester. His son Phil Lovesey also writes crime novels.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Sergeant Cribb novels

  • Wobble to Death 1970
  • The Detective Wore Silk Drawers 1971
  • Abracadaver 1972
  • Mad Hatter's Holiday 1973
  • Invitation to a Dynamite Party 1974 (aka The Tick of Death)
  • A Case of Spirits 1975
  • Swing, Swing Together 1976
  • Waxwork (Silver Dagger Award) 1978

[edit] Peter Diamond novels

  • The Last Detective (Anthony Award) 1991
  • Diamond Solitaire 1992
  • The Summons (Silver Dagger Award) 1995
  • Bloodhounds (Silver Dagger Award, Macavity Award, Barry Award) 1996
  • Upon a Dark Night 1998
  • The Vault 1999
  • Diamond Dust 2002
  • The House Sitter 2003
  • The Secret Hangman 2007

[edit] Albert Edward, Prince of Wales novels

  • Bertie and the Tinman 1987
  • Bertie and the Seven Bodies 1990
  • Bertie and the Crime of Passion 1993

[edit] Novels as 'Peter Lear'

  • Goldengirl 1977
  • Spider Girl 1980
  • The Secret of Spandau 1986

[edit] Other novels

  • The False Inspector Dew (Gold Dagger Award) 1982
  • Keystone 1983
  • Rough Cider 1986
  • The Reaper 2000
  • The Circle 2005

[edit] Short story collections

  • Butchers and Other Stories of Crime 1985
  • The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories 1994
  • Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose 1998
  • The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime 2002

[edit] Anthology

  • The Verdict of Us All: New Stories from the Detection Club (2006)
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