Peter Haining
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Peter Alexander Haining (April 2, 1940 – November 19, 2007)[1][2] was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he began his career as a reporter in Essex and then moved to London where he worked on a trade magazine before joining the publishing house of New English Library.
Haining achieved the position of Editorial Director before becoming a full time writer in the early Seventies. He edited a large number of anthologies, predominantly of horror and fantasy short stories, wrote non-fiction books on a variety of topics from the Channel Tunnel to Sweeney Todd and also used the pen names "Ric Alexander" and "Richard Peyton" on a number of crime story anthologies. In the Seventies he wrote three novels, including The Hero (1973), which was optioned for filming.
He wrote several reference books on Doctor Who, including the 21st anniversary special Doctor Who: A Celebration Two Decades Through Time and Space (1983), and also wrote the definitive study of Sherlock Holmes on the screen, The Television Sherlock Holmes (1991) and several other television tie-ins featuring famous literary characters, including Maigret, Poirot and James Bond. Peter Haining's most recent project was a series of World War Two stories based on extensive research and personal interviews: The Jail That Went To Sea (2003), The Mystery of Rommel's Gold (2004), Where The Eagle Landed (2004), The Chianti Raiders (2005) and The Banzai Hunters (2007).
He won the British Fantasy Awards Karl Edward Wagner Award in 2001.[3]
[edit] Partial bibliography
- M. R. James - Book of the Supernatural (1979) (ISBN 0-572-01048-6) Introduction by Sir John Betjeman. Articles and rare items about MRJ
- A Sherlock Holmes Compendium (1980)
- Doctor Who: The Key to Time A year by year record (1984) (ISBN 0-491-03283-8)
- The Nine Lives of Doctor Who (1999)
- The legend and Bizzare Crimes of Spring-Heeled Jack (1977)
- The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook (1973) Indispensable for collectors of Sherlockiana
- Sweeney Todd: The Real Story of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1993) London: Robson Books
[edit] References
- ^ "Deaths: Sidney Coleman, Peter Haining", Locus Online, Locus Publications, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- ^ Hawtree, Christopher. "Obituary: Peter Haining - Prolific writer and editor who delighted in horror and crime", Guardian Unlimited (UK), Guardian News and Media Limited, 2007-12-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ British Fantasy Awards Winners By Year. The Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus Publications. Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
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