Basil Copper

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Basil Copper
Born	1924 London, UK
Occupation	novelist, short story writer
Nationality	UK
Genres	fantasy, horror, Detective fiction

Basil Copper (1924 – ) is an English writer and former journalist and newspaper editor. He has written over fifty books and scripts. In addition to fantasy and horror, Copper is known for his series of Solar Pons stories continuting the character created by August Derleth, although tensions between Copper and the Estate of August Derleth make any further Solar Pons stories unlikely. He also wrote the long-running hard-boiled detective stories of "Mike Faraday" (58 novels from 1966 to 1988).

In early 2008, a bio-bibilography was published on him: Basil Copper: A Life in Books compiled and edited by Stephen James.

[edit] Works

• Not After Nightfall (Four Square Books, 1967)
• From Evil's Pillow (Arkham House, 1973)
• The Vampire: In Legend, Fact and Art (Robert Hale, 1973)
• The Great White Space (1975)
• When Footsteps Echo (Robert Hale, 1975)
• The Curse of Fleers (Harwood-Smart, 1976)
• And Afterward, the Dark (Arkham House, 1977)
• The Werewolf: In Legend, Fact and Art (Robert Hale, 1977)
• Here Be Daemons (Robert Hale, 1978)
• The Dossier of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1979)
• The Further Adventures of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1979)
• The Secret Files of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1979)
• The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons (Pinnacle, 1980)
• Voices of Doom (Robert Hale, 1980)
• Necropolis (Arkham House, 1980)
• Into the Silence (Sphere Books, 1983)
• The House of the Wolf (Arkham House, 1983)
• The Black Death (Fedogan & Bremer, 1991)
• The Exploits of Solar Pons (Fedogan & Bremer, 1993)
• The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
• The Recollections of Solar Pons (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995)
• Whispers in the Night: Stories of the Mysterious & Macabre (Fedogan & Bremer, 1999)
• Solar Pons Versus The Devil’s Claw (2004, Sarob Press)
• Solar Pons: The Final Cases (2005, Sarob Press)

Mike Faraday

1. The Dark Mirror (1966)
2. Night Frost (1966)
3. No Flowers for the General 1967
4. Scratch on the Dark 1967
5. Die Now, Live Later 1968
6. Don't Bleed on Me 1968
7. The Marble Orchard 1969
8. Dead File 1970
9. No Letters from the Grave 1971
10. The Big Chill 1972
11. Strong-Arm 1972
12. A Great Year for Dying 1973
13. Shock-Wave 1973
14. The Breaking Point 1973
15. A Voice from the Dead 1974
16. Feedback 1974
17. Ricochet 1974
18. The High Wall 1975
19. Impact 1975
20. A Good Place to Die 1975
21. The Lonely Place 1976
22. Crack in the Sidewalk 1976
23. Tight Corner 1976
24. The Year of the Dragon 1977
25. Death Squad 1977
26. Murder One 1978
27. A Quiet Room in Hell 1979
28. The Big Rip-Off 1979
29. The Caligari Complex 1980
30. Flip-Side 1980
31. The Long Rest 1981
32. The Empty Silence 1981
33. Dark Entry 1981
34. Hang Loose 1982
35. Shoot-Out 1982
36. The Far Horizon 1982
37. Trigger-Man 1983
38. Pressure-Point 1983
39. Hard Contract 1983
40. The Narrow Corner 1983
41. The Hook 1984
42. You Only Die Once 1984
43. Tuxedo Park 1985
44. The Far Side of Fear 1985
45. Snow-Job 1986
46. Jet-Lag 1986
47. Blood on the Moon 1986
48. Heavy Iron 1987
49. Turn Down an Empty Glass 1987
50. Bad Scene 1988
51. House-Dick 1988
52. Print-Out (1988)

[edit] References

• Copper, Basil (1977). And Afterward, the Dark. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. ISBN 0-87054-079-3. 
• Reginald, Robert (1992). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature 1975-1991. Detroit: Gale Research, 206. ISBN 0-8103-1825-3. 
• Sullivan, Jack (1986). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural. New York: Viking Press, 96. ISBN 0-670-80902-0. 
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent, 117. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.