Alan White (novelist)
Alan White | |
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Born |
1924 (age 92–93) Yorkshire, England |
Occupation | Novelist |
Genre | War novels, Militaria |
Notable works | The Long Day's Dying |
Alan White (born 1924 in Yorkshire) is an English novelist and journalist. He used his experiences as a Second World War commando leader in his writings. He also wrote using the names "Alec Haig", "James Fraser" and "Alec Whitney".[1] His novel The Long Day's Dying was made into a 1968 film directed by Peter Collinson.[2] White wrote mysteries, as well as war and adventure novels.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
Written as Alan White
- The Long Day's Dying (1962) (American title: Death Finds the Day)
- The Wheel (1966)
- The Long Night's Walk (1968)
- Long Drop (1969)
- Kibbutz (1970) (American title: Possess the Land)
- Climate of Revolt (1971)
- The Long Watch (1971)
- The Long Midnight (1972)
- The Long Fuse (1973)
- Armstrong (1973)
- The Long Summer (1974)
- Death in Duplicate (1974)
- Death in Darkness (1975), as Alec Whitney for the American edition
- The Long Silence (1976)
- The Long Hand of Death (1977)
- Cassidy's Yard (1980)
- Black Alert (1985)
Written as James Fraser
- The Evergreen Death (1968)
- A Cockpit of Roses (1969)
- Deadly Nightshade (1970)
- Death in a Pheasant's Eye (1971)
- Blood on a Widow's Cross (1972)
- The Five-Leafed Clover (1973)
- A Wreath of Lords and Ladies (1974)
- Who Steals My Name? (1975)
- Hearts Ease in Death (1977)
Written as Bill Reade
- What Have They Done to You, Ben? (1967)
- I wonder What Happened to Tom? (1968)
- A Bomb for Atuna (1975)
- The Ibiza Syndicate (1975)
Written as Alec Haig
- Sign on for Tokyo (1968)
- Flight from Montenegro Bay (1972)
- Peruvian Printout (1974)
Written as Alec Whitney
- Every Man Has His Price (1968)
- The Triple Zero (1971)
Sources
- ↑ Alan White.
- ↑ Basinger, Jeanine. The World War II Combat Film: Anatomy of a Genre. at Google Book Search. Online. November 15, 2007.
- ↑ "James Fraser." St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers, 4th ed. St. James Press, 1996.Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K2406000175
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