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Maj Sjöwall

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{{Short description|Swedish author and translator (1935–2020)}}
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| caption = Sjöwall at a crime fiction festival in [[Bremen]], Germany, in 2009
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|9|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
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'''Maj Sjöwall''' ({{IPA|sv|maj ˈɧø̂ːval}}; 25 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective [[Martin Beck]]. She wrote the books in collaborative work with her partner [[Per Wahlöö]].

==Biography==
Maj Sjöwall was the daughter of Margit Trobäck and CEO Will Sjöwall.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/forfattaren-maj-sjowall-dod/|title=Författaren Maj Sjöwall död|date=29 April 2020|website=Dagens Nyheter|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

After completing school Sjöwall was employed at Åhlén & Åkerlunds publishers between 1954 and 1959, Wahlström & Widstrands publishers between 1959 and 1961 and then Esselte publishers between 1961 and 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1977/0948.html|title=928 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1977)|website=runeberg.org|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>

Sjöwall was best known for the collaborative work with her partner [[Per Wahlöö]] on a series of ten novels about the exploits of [[Martin Beck]], a police detective in [[Stockholm]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/forfattaren-maj-sjowall-dod|title=Författaren Maj Sjöwall död|date=29 April 2020|accessdate=30 April 2020|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet}}</ref> They also wrote several novels separately.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/14/sweden-crime-writers-interested-love|title=Sweden's crime writers too interested in love, says Maj Sjöwall|date=14 August 2013|accessdate=29 April 2020 |work= [[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 1971, the fourth of the Beck books, ''[[The Laughing Policeman (novel)|The Laughing Policeman]]'' (a translation of ''Den skrattande polisen'', originally published in 1968) won an [[Edgar Award]] from the [[Mystery Writers of America]] for Best Novel; the book was also adapted into the film ''[[The Laughing Policeman (film)|The Laughing Policeman]]'' starring [[Walter Matthau]].<ref name="auto1"/> In 2013, Sjöwall received the fifth [[Lenin Award (Sweden)|Lenin Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.leninpriset.se/pristagare/maj-sjowall-2/|title=Maj Sjöwall {{!}} Leninpriset|language=en-US|access-date=3 March 2020 |publisher=leninpriset.se}}</ref>

After the death of Wahlöö, she continued working as a translator, writing columns for magazines and as an author.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/deckardam|title=Deckardam|first=Stefan|last=Eklund|date=18 June 2010|accessdate=30 April 2020|website=Svenska Dagbladet}}</ref> With Danish author Bjarne Nielsen she in 1989 published the book ''Dansk Intermezzo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.naiz.eus/eu/actualidad/noticia/20200429/muere-la-escritora-sueca-maj-sjowall-pionera-de-la-novela-negra-nordica|title=Muere la escritora Maj Sjöwall, pionera de la novela negra nórdica|first=TAI GABE DIGITALA|last=SL|date=29 April 2020|website=naiz|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref> In 1990, she and author [[Tomas Ross (writer)|Tomas Ross]] published the thriller ''Kvinnan som liknade Greta Garbo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.litteraturmagazinet.se/maj-sjowall/kvinnan-som-liknade-greta-garbo|title=Kvinnan som liknade Greta Garbo av Maj Sjöwall|website=LitteraturMagazinet|accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sjöwall married her first husband, magazine editor Gunnar Isaksson, in 1955, and they divorced in 1958.<ref name="auto"/> She married again in 1959 to photographer Hans J. Flodquist; they divorced in 1962.<ref name="auto"/>

Sjöwall had a 13-year relationship with Wahlöö, which lasted until his death in 1975.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/22/crime-thriller-maj-sjowall-sweden The queen of crime] The Observer 22 November 2009</ref>

Sjöwall died on 29 April 2020, at the age of 84 after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/30/maj-sjowall-nordic-noir-pioneer-author-of-the-martin-beck-series-dies-aged-84|title=Maj Sjöwall: 'Nordic noir' pioneer, author of the Martin Beck series, dies aged 84|date=29 April 2020|accessdate=30 April 2020|work=The Guardian}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

===Martin Beck novels written with Per Wahlöö===
* ''[[Roseanna (novel)|Roseanna]]'' (1965)<ref name="SVTObituary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/forfattaren-maj-sjowall-ar-dod|title=Beck-författaren Maj Sjöwall har gått bort|date=29 April 2020|website=SVT Nyheter|language=sv|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''[[The Man Who Went Up in Smoke|Mannen som gick upp i rök]]'' (1966)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Man on the Balcony|Mannen på balkongen]]'' (1967)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Laughing Policeman (novel)|Den skrattande polisen]]'' (1968)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Fire Engine That Disappeared|Brandbilen som försvann]]'' (1969)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[Murder at the Savoy|Polis, polis, potatismos]]'' (1970)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Abominable Man|Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle]]'' (1971)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Locked Room|Det slutna rummet]]'' (1972)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[Cop Killer (novel)|Polismördaren]]'' (1974)<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''[[The Terrorists|Terroristerna]]'' (1975)<ref name="SVTObituary" />

===Other books===
* ''Dansk Intermezzo'' (1989). Martin Beck novel written with Bjarne Nielsen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/maj-sj%C3%B6wall|title=Maj Sjöwall|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''Kvinnan som liknade Greta Garbo'' (1990). Written jointly with [[Tomas Ross (writer)|Tomas Ross]].<ref name="SVTObituary" />
* ''Sista resan och andra berättelser'' (2007).<ref name="SVTObituary" /> Collection of short stories written by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.<ref name=":0" />

===Adaptations===
The books about Martin Beck were adapted into several successful films, and Beck has been portrayed by several of Sweden's best-known actors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/sju-av-de-viktigaste-beck-filmerna/|title=Sju av de viktigaste "Beck" – filmerna|website=Expressen|date=30 April 2020 |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref> The best-known portrayal of Beck is by actor [[Peter Haber]], who has appeared in 42 films/episodes in the role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/GGgjBq|title=BEKRÄFTAT: Det blir fyra nya Beck-filmer – då har de premiär|website=Aftonbladet|date=22 January 2020 |accessdate=30 April 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{SKBL}}

== External links ==
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Bernard Knight

2024-10-14T06:02:41Z

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'''Bernard Henry Knight''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 3 May 1931) is a Welsh [[forensic pathologist]] and writer. He became a [[Home Office]] [[pathology|pathologist]] in 1965 and was appointed Professor of [[Forensic Pathology]], [[University of Wales College of Medicine]], in 1980.

==Early life==
Knight was born on 3 May 1931 in [[Cardiff]], Wales.<ref name="bio - Debrett's">{{cite web|title=Prof Bernard Knight, CBE, GSM|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/12668/Bernard%20Henry%20KNIGHT.aspx|work=People of Today Online|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103211035/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/12668/Bernard%20Henry%20KNIGHT.aspx|archivedate=3 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="BBC - Forensic science simulator opened by Bernard Knight">{{cite news|title=Forensic science simulator opened by Bernard Knight|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8565415.stm|accessdate=3 January 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=16 March 2010}}</ref> Upon failing to gain a place to study agriculture, he began work at the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary]] as a lab technician.<ref name="BBC - Pathologist Bernard Knight to stop crime writing">{{cite news|title=Pathologist Bernard Knight to stop crime writing|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8571689.stm|accessdate=3 January 2014|newspaper=BBC News|date=17 March 2010}}</ref> He studied medicine at the [[Welsh National School of Medicine]], [[University of Wales]]. He graduated in 1954 [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery]].<ref name=CV>{{cite web|title=Professor Bernard Knight CBE|url=http://www.uc.pt/fmuc/DocumentosHomepage/2009/Maio/CVKnight|work=Curriculum Vitae|publisher=University of Coimbra|accessdate=3 January 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001035/http://www.uc.pt/fmuc/DocumentosHomepage/2009/Maio/CVKnight|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
===Military service===
As part of [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]], Knight was [[commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] on 3 September 1956 as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]].<ref name="LG 21 September 1956">{{London Gazette |issue=40885 |date=21 September 1956 |page=5422 |supp=y }}</ref> On 12 September 1956, he transferred from the National Service List to the Regular Army and was given seniority in the rank of lieutenant from 29 August 1955.<ref name="LG 2 October 1956">{{London Gazette |issue=40893 |date= 2 October 1956 |page=5621 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 12 September 1956 with seniority from 29 August 1956.<ref name="LG 2 October 1956" /> He served as a [[Physician|medical officer]] in [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] during the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref name="bio - Debrett's" />

On 12 September 1959, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, signalling the end of his military service.<ref name="LG 11 September 1959">{{London Gazette |issue=41814 |date=11 September 1959 |page=5788 |supp=y }}</ref> He ceased to belong to the reserve on 12 September 1964.<ref name="LG 6 November 1964">{{London Gazette |issue=43483 |date=6 November 1964 |page=9505 |supp=y }}</ref>

===Medical and legal career===
Having graduated in 1954, Knight became a [[pre-registration house officer]]. He undertook one six-month job in medicine and one in surgery. He was then a [[Senior House Officer]] specialising in [[pathology]] from 1955 to 1956.<ref name=CV /> He served in the [[British Army]] as a medical officer specialising in pathology from 1956 to 1959.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" />

Upon returning to the United Kingdom and leaving the army, he began lecturing. From 1959 to 1962, he was a lecturer in forensic medicine at the [[University of London]].<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> He was a [[senior lecturer]] at the [[Newcastle University|University of Newcastle]] from 1965 to 1968, during which time he also became a barrister.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /> He then returned to his [[alma mater]], the University of Wales, as a senior lecturer. He was promoted to [[Reader (academic rank)|reader]] in 1976 and to Professor of Forensic Pathology in 1980. He retired in 1996 becoming [[Emeritus Professor]] of the university.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" />

He served as a [[Home Office]] pathologist from 1965 to 1996.<ref name=CV /> In his thirty-one years in that role, he conducted over 25,000 [[autopsies]].<ref name="BBC - Forensic science simulator opened by Bernard Knight" /> He was involved in a number of high-profile cases, including that of the serial killers [[Fred West|Fred]] and [[Rosemary West]], and the first use of DNA to confirm the identity of a body, that of [[Murder of Karen Price|Karen Price]] in 1989.<ref name="BBC - Pathologist Bernard Knight to stop crime writing" />

===Author===
He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the [[Crowner John Mysteries]] series of 12th-century historical mysteries featuring one of the earliest (fictional) coroners in England.

In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series ''[[The Expert (TV series)|The Expert]]'' starring [[Marius Goring]], in the 1970s. He has contributed to many other textbooks and has edited several medical journals - he was Managing Editor of Elsevier's ''Forensic Science International'', the leading international publication in the field.

He is a founder member of The Medieval Murderers, a select group of historical crime-writers within the [[Crime Writers' Association]], who give presentations at literary festivals, libraries and bookshops, to promote their work amongst the public. He is also one of the non-fiction judges for the annual 'Dagger' Awards of the Crime Writers' Association and a regular reviewer of crime books for the Internet site [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020917195925/http://www.twbooks.co.uk/ Tangled Web].

==Honours and decorations==
In the 1993 [[Queen's Birthday Honours]], Knight was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref name="LG 11 June 1993">{{London Gazette |issue=53332 |date=11 June 1993 |pages=8–9 |supp=y }}</ref> He received the [[General Service Medal (1918)|General Service Medal]] with Malaya [[medal clasp|clasp]] for his service during the [[Malayan Emergency]].<ref name="bio - Debrett's" />

==Bibliography==

===Crowner John Mysteries===
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===Wye Valley Series / Dr Richard Pryor===
* ''Where Death Delights'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bernardknight.homestead.com/ |title=Website Disabled |publisher=Bernardknight.homestead.com |accessdate=2013-11-03}}</ref>
* ''According to the Evidence'' (2010)
* ''Grounds for Appeal'' (2011)

===Tom Howden Series===
* ''Dead in the Dog'' (2012)

===Other===
* ''Lion Rampant'' (1972)
* ''Madoc'' (1977)
* ''Brennan'' (2003)

===Novels written under pseudonym Bernard Picton===
#''The Lately Deceased'' (1963)
#''The Thread of Evidence'' (1965)
#''Mistress Murder'' (1966)
#''Russian Roulette'' (1968)
#''Policeman's Progress'' (1969)
#''Tiger at Bay'' (1970)
#''The Expert'' (1976)

===Non-Fiction===
* ''Murder, Suicide, or Accident: The Forensic Pathologist at Work'' (1971) (published under pseudonym Bernard Picton)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/bernard-picton/ |title=Bernard Picton |publisher=Fantasticfiction.co.uk |accessdate=2013-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401024912/http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/bernard-picton/ |archivedate=1 April 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210061019/http://www.britannia.com/history/coroner1.html History of the Medieval English Coroner System] by Prof. Bernard Knight,
* The [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/special-collections/explore/collection/bernard-knight-literary-papers Bernard Knight literary archive] is housed at Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.

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Jonathan Dixon (actor)

2024-09-27T06:34:16Z

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'''Jonathan Dixon''' (born 10 August 1988), known professionally as '''Jonny Dixon''', is a British television actor, best known for role as [[Darryl Morton]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'', Andy in [[Not Going Out]] and playground bully Matthew "Mooey" Humphries in long-running [[CBBC]] show ''[[Grange Hill]]''.

He appeared in [[Manchester]]-based [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as [[Darryl Morton]]. He joined the soap in March 2007.

Dixon was born in [[Pudsey]]. He was a friend of [[Jack P. Shepherd]] who plays his on-screen friend [[David Platt (Coronation Street)|David Platt]] before getting his role in ''Coronation Street''.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a43530/jonathan-dixon-and-emma-edmondson.html Coronation Street - Interview - Jonathan Dixon and Emma Edmondson - Digital Spy]</ref> It was reported on 15 May 2009 that Dixon and co-star [[Wanda Opalinska]] would be written out of the soap and would be departing later in the year with it being said that this was due to "natural storyline progression."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a156079/two-more-corrie-characters-to-leave.html|title=Two more Corrie characters to leave|publisher=Digital Spy|author=Kris Green|date=15 May 2009|accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref> He last appeared in the episode broadcast on 16 October 2009.

In April 2011, Dixon filmed an episode of ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', to be broadcast on BBC1 in July 2011. He was a regular on ''[[Boy Meets Girl (2015 TV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]'', playing the role of James on the first two series airing 2015–16.

For the last three years, he has taken part in 'Show in a Week' at South Craven School - a musical theatre production which is conceived, choreographed and rehearsed in just three days. In 2018, Dixon appeared in the [[Doctor Who]] episode "[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]" as Karl, a crane driver being hunted by an alien species.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the cast of Doctor Who series 11 |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-10-06/doctor-who-s11-cast/ |website=Radio Times |accessdate=8 October 2018 |date=6 October 2018}}</ref> He reprised the role in "[[Eve of the Daleks]]", the 2022 New Year special.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-karl-wright-eve-daleks-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who brings back surprise character from Jodie Whittaker’s debut|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|date=1 January 2022 |accessdate=2 January 2022|work=[[Radio Times]]}}</ref>

Dixon runs his own independent film production company, Isaac Who, which is based in Leeds in the North of England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isaacwho.com/|title=Isaac Who Film Production Company|website=Isaac Who Film Production Company|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> The company creates film, TV and video productions with specialism in actor showreels, corporate videos and live music video recordings. Dixon also produces and directors original films as part of Isaac Who. In 2019, he directed a series of short films in collaboration with Psychotastic Productions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psychotasticproductions.co.uk/past-productions|title=Past Productions|last=Productions|first=Psychotastic|website=Psychotastic Productions|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-18}}</ref> These included; "Assisted" featuring his former Coronation Street co-stars [[Steven Arnold]] and [[Steve Huison]], and "The Invisible Collection" starring [[Ian Gelder]] & [[Mark Wingett]].

==References==
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==External links==
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Mike Bond

2024-08-23T01:19:23Z

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'''Mike Bond''' is an [[List of American novelists|American novelist]], ecologist, war and [[human rights]] [[journalist]], and poet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/mike-bond/| title=Mike Bond|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=2020-07-10}}</ref>

Bond has been called the "master of the existential thriller" by the BBC and "one of the 21st Century's most exciting authors" by ''The Washington Times''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Communities — Voices and Insights - Washington Times|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/communities/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=www.washingtontimes.com}}</ref> A bestselling novelist, environmental activist, advisor to U.S. and foreign governments, international energy expert, war and human rights correspondent and award-winning poet, he has lived and worked in many remote, dangerous parts of the world, including 30 countries on six continents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mike's Bio {{!}} Mike Bond Books|url=https://mikebondbooks.com/about-mike/mikes-bio/|access-date=2021-09-21|language=en-US}}</ref>

He was a [[correspondent]] for ''[[The Financial Times]]'' newsletters in [[Paris]] from 1990 to 1998, and has reported for many newspapers including ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' (December 26, 1983), ''[[The San Francisco Chronicle]]'' (April 26, 1999), ''[[The Denver Post]]'' (September 13, 2001) and ''[[The Oregonian]]'' (December 8, 1983). He was the co-presenter of the [[PBS]] news program ''[[European Journal]]'' in 1987, produced by [[Deutsche Welle]] in Cologne, Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/mike-bond/| title=Mike Bond| date=4 March 2019|publisher=Books in Order|accessdate=2020-07-10}}</ref>

Bond was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate for the [[United States Senate]] in [[Montana]] in 1982. In [[Al Gore]]'s 2000 presidential campaign, he was head of Colorado Business Leaders for Gore and a spokesman in several western states (Colorado, Utah, and Oregon) for Gore environmental positions.

Bond was project manager of several Wild and Scenic River and National Wildlife Refuge master plans, worked to protect the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in Maine, helped create Montana's Lee Metcalf Wilderness and California's Golden Gate National Recreation Area; fought elephant poaching in Africa, managed the NASA/AIA project to design part of the orbiting space station and helped write the Colorado Wolf Management Plan. A former presenter of the PBS new program ''European Journal'', he was also Paris energy correspondent for ''The Financial Times''.

As a human rights journalist, Bond has covered death squads and military dictatorships in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. He has also written widely on environmental issues including elephant slaughter and species decline in Africa, worldwide habitat loss, whales, wolves, seals and many other endangered species, renewable energy and climate change.

Also the former CEO of an international energy company, he has been an advisor to more than 70 of the world's largest energy companies and led the 28-nation task force that united the former Soviet Union's electricity grid with Western Europe's, and has written many studies on climate change, renewable energy and utility siting and operation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hawaiibookandmusicfestival.com/mike-bond-1| title=Mike Bond|publisher=Books of Hawaii|accessdate=2020-07-10}}</ref>

Bond now works in environmental campaigns worldwide and is a leader in the fight against industrial wind turbines and their desecration of our last natural areas. He has written and spoken internationally on the failure of wind projects to lower greenhouse gas emissions or fossil fuel use, and on their devastating environmental, social and fiscal impacts.

''Kirkus'' called Bond's book, ''House of Jaguar'' a "high-octane story rife with action, from U.S. streets to Guatemalan jungles".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mike-bond/house-of-jaguar/|title=HOUSE OF JAGUAR {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}</ref> Bond bases his works on his own experiences in war zones, revolutions and dangerous regions in many foreign countries during his years as a journalist. He has more recently{{when|date=March 2021}} worked on international problems relating to [[Islamic fundamentalism]] and [[terrorism]], the subject of one of his latest novels, ''Assassins''.

== Bibliography ==
* 1985 ''Fire Like The Sun'' (St. Martin's/Marek, New York)
* 1990 ''The Insider's Guide to Kenya'' (CFW Publications, Hong Kong), nonfiction
* 1992 ''The Insider's Guide to Mexico'' (CFW Publications, Hong Kong), nonfiction
* 1992 ''The Ivory Hunters'' (Hodder Headline, London)
* 1993 ''Night of the Dead'' (Hodder Headline, London)
* 1994 ''Crossfire'' (Hodder Headline, London)
* 2013 ''The Last Savanna'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2013 ''House of Jaguar'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2014 ''Holy War'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2014 ''Tibetan Cross'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2016 ''Assassins'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2017 ''Snow'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2018 ''The Drum That Beats Within US'' (Big City Press, New York)
* 2022 ''Joy'' (Big City Press, New York)

=== Pono Hawkins series ===
* 2012 ''Saving Paradise'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2015 ''Killing Maine'' (Mandevilla Press, Connecticut)
* 2019 ''Goodbye Paris'' (Big City Press, New York)

=== America trilogy ===
* 2021 ''America'' (Big City Press, New York)
* 2021 ''Freedom'' (Big City Press, New York)
* 2022 ''Revolution'' (Big City Press, New York)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website|MikeBondBooks.com}}

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Chimneys (play)

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{{Short description|2003 play by crime writer Agatha Christie}}
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| original language = English
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'''''Chimneys''''' is a play by crime writer [[Agatha Christie]] and is based upon her own 1925 novel ''[[The Secret of Chimneys]]''.

==Background==
The play was written in 1931 and was due to open at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)|Embassy Theatre]] in Swiss Cottage in December of that year. One year previously, ''[[Black Coffee (play)|Black Coffee]]'', Christie's first performed stage play, had opened at the same theatre.

As was the law at the time, the play was vetted by the [[Lord Chamberlain's Office]] and passed for performance. Several press articles {{Who|date=December 2009}} referred to the new play but suddenly, and without explanation, the theatre substituted ''Mary Broome'', a four-act comedy from 1912 by [[Allan Monkhouse]], in its place.

While not forgotten, it remained unknown other than to a small group of aficionados until December 2001 when John Paul Fischbach, the Artistic Director of Vertigo Theatre in [[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]], Canada, was looking to re-launch the company after it had been forced to vacate its home in the Calgary Science Centre and was opening in its new home of the Vertigo Theatre Centre. In looking for something special and relatively unknown to celebrate the opening, Fischbach contacted Agatha Christie Limited, who handle the author's rights, and was told by its chairman (and Christie's grandson, [[Mathew Prichard]]) that the only relatively unknown stage work that could be performed was the 1930s play ''[[A Daughter's a Daughter]]'' which was performed once in the 1950s but had previously been revised into a 1952 novel published under the nom-de-plume of Mary Westmacott. Fischbach had a copy of the play available and in looking through it, found another manuscript headed: ''Chimneys: A play in three acts by Agatha Christie.'' He again contacted Prichard who said that he had heard of the play but said he had never seen a copy. Prichard contacted the [[British Library]] who located the typescript (together with notes suggesting [[Laurence Olivier]] for one of the roles) and Vertigo Theatre presented the play's world premiere on 16 October 2003 with Mathew Prichard in the audience.

The UK premiere took place on 1 June 2006 when it was performed by the [[Pitlochry]] Festival Theatre Company. The US premiere took place on 12 June 2008 as part of the International Mystery Writers' Festival in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]. The Australian premiere was on 6 March 2021 at the [[Genesian Theatre]].<ref>"Reviews by Judith, [https://reviewsbyjudith.com/the-sitdowns-/the-secret-of-chimneys THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS - Rehearsal Room Visit]", ''Reviews by Judith''. Retrieved 8 March 2021</ref><ref>"Genesian Theatre, [http://www.genesiantheatre.com.au/index.php?mode=view&s=2021&i=2 The Secret of Chimneys]", ''Genesian Theatre''. Retrieved 8 March 2021</ref>

The play has been published in the collection "Discovering New Mysteries Scripts" by on Stage Press, a division of Samuel French, Inc.

==UK premiere – Pitlochry (2006)==

'''Director:''' John Durnin

'''Cast:'''
*Jonathan Battersby as Tredwell
*Jonathan Coote as Lemoine
*Jacqueline Dutoit as Old Lady
*Robin Harvey Edwards as Lord Caterham
*Michele Gallagher as [[Bundle Brent|Lady Eileen Brent]]
*Martyn James as The Hon. George Lomax
*Jonathan Dryden Taylor as Bill Eversleigh
*Darrell Brockis as Anthony Cade
*Flora Berkeley as Virginia Revel
*Richard Addison as the Stranger
*Ronald Simon as [[Superintendent Battle]]
*[[Matthew Lloyd Davies]] as Herbert Banks
*Richard Galazka as Boris Anchoukoff

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20030907/ai_n12584132] ''Sunday Herald'' article on discovery and world premiere of the play.
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3086048.stm] [[BBC]] article on play's discovery in the [[British Library]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061020192931/http://www.edinburghguide.com/aande/theatre/reviews_06/c/chimneys_pitlochry.shtml] Review of UK premiere in Pitlochry
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011175758/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/111711.html] Article in ''[[Playbill]]'' on play's discovery and US premiere

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Number 10 (drama series)

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'''''Number 10''''' is a drama series for [[BBC Radio 4]] about a fictional British Prime Minister and his staff.<ref>"[http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/story/0,,2161440,00.html The West Wing comes to Downing Street]", ''The Observer'', 2007.</ref> The series was created by [[Jonathan Myerson]],<ref>[http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=9788 Web exclusive: 'My kind of politics' by Jonathan Myerson | ''Prospect Magazine'' September 2007 issue 138]</ref> and produced by Clive Brill of Pacificus Productions, with Peter Hyman as Political Advisor. It has had five series to date, in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. The first three series starred [[Antony Sher]] as Adam Armstrong, the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Prime Minister. The fourth series replaced him with [[Damian Lewis]] as a [[Tory]] prime minister in a minority government, in response to the [[Cameron–Clegg coalition|United Kingdom coalition government]] which took office in 2010.

==Reception==
The Independent wrote "Myerson's radio play was Shakespearean in its intrigue, its moments of tragedy and comedy and in its multi-layered action....Sixty action-packed minutes led to a gripping denouement. Number 10 possesses the fast pace that is found in the best of TV drama, which radio has been crying out for. Bring on the next four plays."{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}

==Cast==

===Regular===

====Series 1 to 3====
* Adam Armstrong – [[Antony Sher|Sir Antony Sher]]
* Monica Smith – [[Sasha Behar]]
* Polly Cairns – [[Haydn Gwynne]]
* Colin Brenner – [[Colin McFarlane]]
* Steve McKie – [[Stephen Mangan]] (Series 1 and 3)
* Steve McKie – [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] (Series 2)

====Series 4 & 5====
* Simon Laity ..... [[Damian Lewis]]
* Constance "Connie" Merchant ..... Haydn Gwynne (Series 4)
* Constance "Connie" Merchant ..... [[Stella Gonet]] (Series 5)
* Nathan Toltzn ..... [[Mike Sengelow]]
* Sir Hugo Bathgate ..... [[Julian Glover]]
* Amjad Hemmati ..... [[Arsher Ali]]
* Alan ..... [[John Hollingworth (actor)|John Hollingworth]]
* Georgina "Georgie" Cullinan ..... [[Gina McKee]]

===Guest cast===

====Series 1====

=====Episode 1=====
** Frank ...... Anthony O'Donnell
** Lord Cairns ...... James Laurenson
** Nigel Ogden ...... Christopher Ettridge
** Rebecca ...... Flora Montgomery
** Conrad ...... Nick Rowe
** Ms Austen ...... Claire Perkins
** Journalist and News reader ...... Alice Arnold

=====Episode 2=====
** Kevin Munro ...... Clive Russell
** Angela Brenner ...... Emma Fielding
** Hannah Armstrong ...... [[Kelly Hunter]]
** Scottish MP ...... Nick Rowe
** Lewis Smiley MP ...... Dominic Rowan
** President Sawadogo ...... Joseph Marcell
** Ollie Armstrong ...... [[Joseph Kloska]]
** Television News Reporter ...... Alice Arnold

=====Episode 3=====
** Lord Cairns ...... James Laurenson
** Jasmine ...... Elizabeth McGovern
** Hannah ...... Kelly Hunter
** Norman Johnson ...... Shaun Prendergast
** George ...... Nicholas Grace
** Giles ...... Nicholas Woodeson
** Anita ...... Carol McReady
** Chrissie ...... Marcella Riordan

=====Episode 4=====

=====Episode 5=====
** Hannah ...... Kelly Hunter
** Major ...... Sean Baker
** General ...... Nicholas Woodeson
** Justin ...... Jamie Glover
** Billington ...... Anthony O'Donnell
** Flannery ...... Susan Brown
** Chrissie ...... Marcella Riordan
** Conrad ...... Nicholas Rowe
** Journalist ...... Alice Arnold

==Episodes==

===Series 1===
This series was first broadcast weekly at 9pm from 7 September to 5 October 2007. Episodes 1, 2 and 5 were written by Jonathan Myerson, episode 3 by [[Nicholas McInerny]] and episode 4 by Mike Harris. The series was produced and directed by Clive Brill.
#''Good News Day'' – As the Prime Minister prepares to announce an amnesty for all immigrants working illegally in the UK, a serious tube crash threatens to jeopardise his plans.
#''And Raise Them to Eternal Life'' – The party promised to eliminate Britain's carbon footprint, but poll ratings are plummeting and the unions are cutting up rough.
#''Who Won the Election?'' – As the government prepares for a major cancer screening initiative with a private American company, a leaked letter to the PM appears to advocate legalising cannabis.
#''Rule of Law'' – Launching a new organisation intended to integrate Muslims into British society and prevent radicalisation, the PM also has to decide whether to back Turkey's application for EU membership.
#''Home and Away'' – Crises loom on two fronts as the Prime Minister faces a backbench rebellion while British troops are being held hostage overseas.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dnklx/episodes/2008 2008 series – synopses]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrrrt/episodes/2009 2009 series – synopses]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vr3lf/episodes/2010 2010 series – synopses]

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Chocky

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{{Short description|1963 science fiction novel by John Wyndham}}
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'''''Chocky''''' is a [[science fiction]] novel by British writer [[John Wyndham]]. It was first published as a [[Novella|novelette]] in the March 1963 issue of ''[[Amazing Stories]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?56515|title = Publication: Amazing Stories, March 1963|website = isfdb.org}}</ref> and later developed into a novel in 1968, published by Michael Joseph.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Day of the Triffids]] |last=Wyndham |first=John |authorlink=John Wyndham |year= 1951 |publisher=Michael Joseph |isbn=0-7181-0093-X }}</ref> The [[BBC]] produced a radio adaption by [[John Tydeman]] in 1967. In 1984 a children's television drama based on the novel was shown on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the United Kingdom.

==Plot summary==
David Gore becomes concerned that his twelve-year-old son, Matthew, is too old to have an [[imaginary friend]]. His concerns deepen as Matthew becomes increasingly distressed and blames it on arguments with this unseen companion, whom he calls "Chocky". As the story unfolds it becomes clear that the friend is far from imaginary but is an alien consciousness communicating with Matthew's mind. The situation attracts the interest of shadowy government forces.

"Chocky" eventually reveals that it is a scout sent from its home planet (where there is only one sex) in search of new planets to colonise, or newly emerging intelligent life that it can subtly guide. Chocky, talking through Matthew, explains to David that in becoming overly attached to Matthew and saving him and his sister from drowning (and thus interfering with events on Earth) it has violated the rules of its scout mission and must end its link with him completely. Its further work on Earth will be conducted in a much more covert manner.

==Adaptations==

===Radio===
The novel was adapted and produced by John Tydeman as a single 60-minute drama for the [[BBC Radio 2]], first broadcast on 27 November 1968. The cast includes:
* [[Eric Thompson]] - David Gore
* Sheila Grant - Mary Gore
* [[Judy Bennett]] - Matthew Gore
* [[Peter Baldwin (actor)|Peter Baldwin]] - Alan Froome
* [[Michael Spice]] - Sir William Thorpe

BBC Radio 4 presented a reading by [[Andrew Burt]] of the novel in seven 15-minute episodes, abridged by [[Neville Teller]], produced by David Johnson, and broadcast daily between 19 and 27 May 1975.

An adaptation by John Constable as a single 90-minute drama for [[BBC Radio 4]], directed by Melanie Harris, was first broadcast on 18 March 1998. Music was by Paul Gargill, and the cast included:
* [[Owen Teale]] - David Gore
* [[Cathy Tyson]] - Mary Gore
* [[Sacha Dhawan]] - Matthew Gore
* [[Holliday Grainger|Holly Grainger]] - Polly Gore
* [[Kathryn Hunt]] - Chocky
* [[John Lloyd Fillingham]] - Alan
* [[John Branwell]] - Sir William Thorpe
This version was released on CD by BBC Audiobooks in 2008 and has been repeated on [[BBC Radio 7]] and [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] several times since November 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Wyndham - Chocky|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k49r|work=BBC website|publisher=BBC|accessdate=11 March 2013}}</ref>

===Television series===
{{main article|Chocky (TV series)}}
The 1984 children's TV series ''Chocky'', ''Chocky's Children'' and ''Chocky's Challenge'' were based on the 1968 novel. They were written by [[Anthony Read]] and produced by [[Thames Television]]. The main character, Matthew, was played by Andrew Ellams and Glynis Brooks played the haunting voice of Chocky.
* ''[[Chocky (TV series)|Chocky]]'' (1984), series directed by Vic Hughes and [[Christopher Hodson (director)|Christopher Hodson]]
* ''[[Chocky's Children]]'' (1985), series directed by Vic Hughes and [[Peter Duguid]], based on characters
* ''[[Chocky's Challenge]]'' (1986), series directed by Bob Blagden, based on characters

[[Revelation Films]] released the first series of ''Chocky'' on DVD on 22 March 2010 and the 2nd series, ''Chocky's Children'', on 21 June 2010. The 3rd series, ''Chocky's Challenge'', was released on 23 August 2010

===Proposed film===
[[Steven Spielberg]] acquired film rights in September 2008 and said he was interested in directing.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit|title=DreamWorks picks up 'Chocky' rights|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2008-09-24|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7d59466b16c8ffd18d331d0f65a0b023|accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FadedPage|id=20230531|name=Chocky}}
*[http://www.thechestnut.com/chocky.htm Little Gems]

* {{IMDb name |0943909 |John Wyndham}}

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Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld)

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"'''Theatre of Cruelty'''" is a short ''[[Discworld]]'' story by [[Terry Pratchett]] written in 1993. The name derives from a concept of [[Antonin Artaud]] ([[Theatre of Cruelty]]).

It was originally written for [[W. H. Smith]] ''Bookcase'' magazine and was then slightly modified and extended, being published again in the programme of the [[OryCon| OryCon 15 convention]], and then again in ''[[The Wizards of Odd]]'', a compilation of [[fantasy]] short stories.

It has since been made available on the [[Internet]] along with dozens of translations by fans, with Pratchett having stated, "I don't want to see it distributed in print anywhere but don't mind people downloading it for their own enjoyment."

The story involves both the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch]] and a parallel of [[Punch and Judy]].

== Plot ==
A murder has been committed: a street entertainer, found apparently battered to death with a very small blunt object, on him bite marks from a very small crocodile. Investigating the incident in his typically direct manner, [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]] discovers the death was an accident, the man having choked on a [[swazzle]]. It emerges that the entertainer had invented a parallel, live-action version of [[Punch and Judy]], using — and abusing — a troupe of [[gnome]]s as the live cast. Carrot asserts that such brutal theatre could never find favour in [[Ankh-Morpork]]: "That's not the way to do it".

==External links==
* {{isfdb title|295781|Theatre of Cruelty}}
*[https://www.lspace.org/books/toc/index.html "Theatre of Cruelty"] at The L-Space Web

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Marian Babson

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{{Short description|Pseudonym of American mystery writer Ruth Marian Stenstreem}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}'''Marian Babson''' was the pseudonym of American mystery writer Ruth Marian Stenstreem, born in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], in 1929.<ref>{{citation |title = Fantasy Fiction - Marion Babson web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/marian-babson |publisher=Fantasy Fiction |accessdate=3 August 2012}}</ref> She died in 2017. She lived most her life in [[London]], England. Babson's books are usually under two hundred pages and often involve cats. Her publisher's tagline for her is "Murder Most British". She was awarded the [[Crime Writers' Association]] "Dagger in the Library" award in 1996 for her body of work. She is also an Agatha Award winner.

==Bibliography==
'''Perkins and Tate mysteries'''
*''Cover Up Story'', 1971
*''Murder at the Cat Show'', 1972. Also released as ''Murder on Show''.
*''Tourists are for Trapping'', 1989
*''In the Teeth of Adversity'', 1990

'''Trixie Dolan and Evangeline Sinclair mysteries'''
*''Reel Murder'', 1986
*''Encore Murder'', 1989
*''Shadows in Their Blood'', 1991
*''Even Yuppies Die'', 1993
*''Break a Leg, Darlings'', 1995
*''Not Quite a Geisha'', 2003. Also released as ''The Cat Who Wasn't A Dog''.
*''No Cooperation from the Cat'', 2012

'''Brimful Coffers series'''
*''Canapes for the Kitties'', 1996
*''Retreat from Murder'', 2004. Also released as ''Please Do Feed the Cat''.

'''Others'''
*''Pretty Lady'', 1973
*''The Stalking Lamb'', 1974
*''Unfair Exchange'', 1974
*''Murder Sails at Midnight'', 1975
*''There Must be Some Mistake'', 1975
*''Untimely Guest'', 1976
*''The Lord Mayor of Death'', 1977
*''Murder, Murder, Little Star'', 1977
*''Tightrope for Three'', 1978
*''So Soon Done For'', 1979
*''The Twelve Deaths of Christmas'', 1979
*''Dangerous to Know'', 1980
*''Queue Here for Murder'', 1980. Also released as ''Line Up For Murder''.
*''Bejewelled Death'', 1981
*''Death Beside the Seaside'', 1982. Also released as ''Dead Beside the Sea''.
*''Death Warmed Up'', 1982
*''A Fool for Murder'', 1983
*''The Cruise of a Death Time'', 1983
*''A Trail of Ashes'', 1984. Also released as ''Whiskers and Smoke''.
*''Death Swap'', 1984. Also released as ''Paws for Alarm''.
*''Death in Fashion'', 1985
*''Weekend for Murder'', 1985. Also released as ''Murder on a Mystery Tour''.
*''Fatal Fortune'', 1987
*''Guilty Party'', 1988
*''Past Regret'', 1990
*''Nine Lives to Murder'', 1992
*''The Diamond Cat'', 1994
*''The Company of Cats'', 1999. Also released as ''The Multiple Cat''.
*''To Catch a Cat'', 2000. Also released as ''A Tealeaf in the Mouse''.
*''Deadly Deceit'', 2001. Also released as ''The Cat Next Door''.
*''The Cat Next Door'', 2002.
*''Only the Cat Knows'', 2005

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Agatha Award}}

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James Duff (writer)

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{{short description|American television director, producer and writer}}
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'''James Duff''' (born September 3, 1955) is an American television writer, producer and director. He was born in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] and has written [[Play (theatre)|plays]] and television [[screenplay]]s. He is credited as the creator of the TV series ''[[The Closer]]'' and ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=The New Boss, Not the Same as the Old Boss 'Major Crimes' Replaces 'The Closer' on TNT|first=Mike|last=Hale|date=August 12, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/arts/television/major-crimes-replaces-the-closer-on-tnt.html?_r=0}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Duff is married to actor [[Phillip P. Keene]], who plays [[Buzz Watson]] on ''The Closer'' and ''Major Crimes''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hernandez|first=Greg|title="Major Crimes" cast member Phillip Keene marries|url=http://greginhollywood.com/major-crimes-cast-member-phillip-keene-marries-90869|work=Greg In Hollywood|accessdate=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="4" | Credited as
|-
! style="width:65px;"| Writer
! style="width:65px;"| Producer
! style="width:65px;"| Director
! style="width:65px;"| Notes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Doing Time on Maple Drive]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| TV movie
|-
| 1993
| ''Without a Kiss Goodbye''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|TV movie
|-
| 1994
| ''A Song for You''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|Short film
|-
| 1995
| ''Betrayed: A Story of Three Women''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|TV movie
|-
| 1995
| ''919 Fifth Avenue''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|TV movie
|-
| 1995
| ''Long Island Fever''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|TV movie, co-executive producer
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The War at Home (1996 film)|The War at Home]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Feature film, adapted from Duff's play ''Homefront''
|-
| 1996
| ''Texas Graces''
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|TV movie, co-executive producer
|-
| 2000-2001
| ''[[Popular (TV series)|Popular]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|3 episodes
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|Episode: "My Best Friend's Wedding"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|Episode: "[[Fortunate Son (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Fortunate Son]]"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Agency (2001 TV series)|The Agency]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Wrote 3 episodes, consulting producer
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Wolf Lake]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Wrote 2 episodes, co-executive producer
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The D.A. (2004 TV series)|The D.A.]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Creator, executive producer
|-
| 2005-2012
| ''[[The Closer]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|Co-creator and showrunner, wrote 20 episodes, directed 4 episodes
|-
| 2012-2018
| ''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|Creator and showrunner, wrote 7 episodes, directed 2 episodes
|-
| 2019-2020
| ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|Episode: "Die Trying", executive producer
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Executive producer, wrote "Remembrance" and "The End is the Beginning"
|-
| TBA
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| ''[[Sherlock & Daughter]]'' {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|Showrunner
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
Duff was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for his screenplay for the television movie ''[[Doing Time on Maple Drive]]''. He and [[Mike Berchem]] scored an [[Edgar Allan Poe Award|Edgar Award]] nomination in 2007 for their ''The Closer'' episode "Blue Blood".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0240384}}

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Dark Detectives

2024-03-29T05:19:23Z

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{{Infobox book
| name = Dark Detectives
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Dark detectives.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author = Edited by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]]
| illustrator = Randy Broeker
| cover_artist = [[Les Edwards]]
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = [[Fantasy fiction|Fantasy]], [[Horror fiction|Horror]] and [[Detective fiction|Detective]]
| publisher = [[F & B Mystery]]
| release_date = 1999
| english_release_date =
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = xxiv, 395, v
| isbn = 1-878252-35-6
| oclc= 43515357
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''''Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths''''' is an anthology of [[Occult detective]] stories edited by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]]. It was published by [[F & B Mystery]] in [[1999 in literature|1999]] in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by all the contributors except [[R. Chetwynd-Hayes]]. The anthology contains 10 stories and a novella, ''Seven Stars'', whose episodes are interspersed among the stories. Several of the stories first appeared in collections, or in the magazines ''[[The Idler (1892-1911)|The Idler]]'', ''Kadath'' and ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]''.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Brown
| first = Charles N.
| authorlink = Charles N. Brown
|author2=William G. Contento
| title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
| work =
| publisher =
| url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}</ref>

The book was republished in 2015 by [[Titan Books]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries|url=https://titanbooks.com/7503-dark-detectives-an-anthology-of-supernatural-mysteries/ |access-date=March 29, 2024|work=Titan Books}}</ref>

==Contents==
* "Introduction: The Serial Sleuths", by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]]
* "Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land", by [[Kim Newman]]
* "Our Lady of Death", by [[Peter Tremayne]] (features [[Sister Fidelma mysteries|Sister Fidelma]])
* "Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart", by [[Kim Newman]] (features Charles Beauregard of the [[Diogenes Club]])
* "The Horse of the Invisible", by [[William Hope Hodgson]] (features [[Thomas Carnacki]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol", by [[Kim Newman]] (features Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye)
* "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror", by [[Basil Copper]] (features [[Solar Pons]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore", by [[Kim Newman]] (features The Gumshoe)
* "Rouse Him Not", by [[Manly Wade Wellman]] (features [[John Thunstone]])
* "De Marigny’s Clock", by [[Brian Lumley]] (features [[Titus Crow]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager", by [[Kim Newman]] (features [[Richard Jeperson]] of the Diogenes Club)
* "Someone Is Dead", by [[R. Chetwynd-Hayes]] (features Francis St. Clare and Frederica Masters)
* "Vultures Gather", by Brian Mooney (features Reuban Calloway and Roderick Shea
* "Lost Souls", by [[Clive Barker]] (features [[Harry D'Amour]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy", by [[Kim Newman]] (features Sally Rhodes)
* "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", by [[Jay Russell]] (features [[Marty Burns]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story", by [[Kim Newman]] (features Jerome Rhodes)
* "Bay Wolf", by [[Neil Gaiman]] (features [[Larry Talbot]])
* "Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars", by [[Kim Newman]] (features Geneviève Dieudonné)

==References==
*{{cite web
| last = Brown
| first = Charles N.
| authorlink = Charles N. Brown
|author2=William G. Contento
| title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
| work =
| publisher =
| url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 8, 1999–2000 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=21| year=2000}}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1999 anthologies]]
[[Category:Fantasy anthologies]]
[[Category:Horror anthologies]]
[[Category:Mystery anthologies]]
[[Category:Occult detective fiction]]
[[Category:Fedogan & Bremer books]]

Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder

2024-03-27T07:24:00Z

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{{Short description|1913 collection of short stories by William Hope Hodgson}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Carnacki the Ghost-Finder
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Carnacki.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket for ''Carnacki the Ghost-Finder'' (1947), illustrated by Frank Utpatel
| author = [[William Hope Hodgson]]
| illustrator = Florence Briscoe (1910 serial)<ref name=idler/>
| cover_artist =
| country = United Kingdom

| series = Carnacki
| genre = [[Supernatural fiction]], [[detective fiction]]
| publisher = Eveleigh Nash (1913), [[Mycroft & Moran]] (1947)
| pub_date = 1913, expanded 1947
| media_type = Print (hardcover)
| pages = 288, 241
| oclc = 13117415
| preceded_by =
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}}
'''''Carnacki the Ghost-Finder''''' is a collection of [[occult detective]] [[short story|short stories]] by English writer [[William Hope Hodgson]], featuring the [[Carnacki|titular protagonist]]. It was first published in 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. In [[1947 in literature|1947]], a new edition of 3,050 copies was published by [[Mycroft & Moran]] and included three additional stories (the last three listed below). In 1951 [[Ellery Queen]] covered the Mycroft & Moran version as No. 53 in ''Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story As Revealed by the 100 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845''.<ref name="Queen1951">{{cite book|author=Ellery Queen|title=Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-crime Short Story as Revealed in the 106 Most Important Books Published in this Field Since 1845|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XVxrF0zbuo4C&pg=PA64|year=1951|publisher=Biblo & Tannen Publishers|isbn=978-0-8196-0229-9|page=64}}</ref>

For several decades subsequent to the Mycroft and Moran edition, Carnacki collections routinely if not always contained all nine stories. Project Gutenberg Ebook #10832 (2004) contains only the first six stories, however, and arranges them in sequence of their 1910 and 1912 magazine publication. Some other publications follow Project Gutenberg, perhaps using its text.

==Contents==

''Carnacki the Ghost-Finder'' contains the following tales:

* "[[Carnacki#"The Gateway of the Monster"|The Gateway of the Monster]]", the first story published, January 1910<ref name=idler/>
* "[[Carnacki#"The House Among the Laurels"|The House Among the Laurels]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Whistling Room"|The Whistling Room]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Horse of the Invisible"|The Horse of the Invisible]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Searcher of the End House"|The Searcher of the End House]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Thing Invisible"|The Thing Invisible]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Hog"|The Hog]]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Haunted ''Jarvee'' "|The Haunted ''Jarvee'']]"
* "[[Carnacki#"The Find"|The Find]]"

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=

<ref name=idler>
"Carnacki the Ghost Finder", "No. 1: The Gateway of the Monster" to "No. 5: The Searcher of the End House". ''[[The Idler (1892–1911) |The Idler]]''. January, February, March, April, and June 1910.</ref>

}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | author-link=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=22–23 | year=1989 | isbn=1-55742-005-X}}
*{{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | author-link=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=844 | year=1998|type=PDF ebook}}
*{{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | author-link=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=177–178 | year=1999 | isbn=0-87054-176-5}}
*{{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=149–150 | year=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}

==External links==

* {{Gutenberg|10832|Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder}}
* {{librivox book | title=Carnacki, the Ghost Finder | author=William Hope HODGSON}}
* {{isfdb series|38667}}

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Felisa Batacan

2024-02-17T22:34:35Z

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{{Short description|Filipino journalist and writer}}
'''Maria Felisa H. Batacan''' is a Filipino journalist and a writer of crime and mystery fiction. Her work has been published in the Philippines and abroad under the name '''F.H. Batacan'''.

==Biography==
She was a fellow at the 1996 Dumaguete National Writers' Workshop.

Batacan worked in the Philippine intelligence community and then became a broadcast journalist.<ref name=christian291>Christian (2010), p. 291.</ref> She attended the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]], where she pursued a master's degree in Arts Studies.<ref name=hidalgo79>Hildago (2006), p. 79.</ref> In 1999 her manuscript, ''[[Smaller and Smaller Circles]]'', won the [[Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature]] Grand Prize for the English Novel. This novel was published in 2002 by the [[University of the Philippines Press]].<ref name=hidalgo79/> Although most Filipino English-language fiction works garner a single print run of only 1,000 copies,<ref name=hidalgo79/> ''Smaller and Smaller Circles'' had been reprinted four times by the year 2006, for a total of 6,000 copies.<ref name=hidalgo78>Hidalgo (2006), p. 78.</ref> The novel was one of the first Filipino works of [[crime fiction]].<ref name=hidalgo79/>

The novel also won the 2002 [[Manila Critics’ Circle National Book Award]] and the Madrigal-Gonzales Best First Book Award in 2003.

In 2008, she won 1st prize in the English short story category <ref>Yuson, 2008</ref> of the Philippines Free Press Literary Awards.

In 2015, a new, expanded edition of the novel was published by Soho Press, New York.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{citation|title=A Companion to Crime Fiction|editor-last=Rzepka|editor-first=Charles|editor2-last=Horlsey|editor2-first=Lee|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=2010|last=Christian|first=Ed|chapter=Ethnic Postcolonial Crime and Detection (Anglophone)}}
*{{citation|title=Over a Cup of Ginger Tea: Conversations on the Literary Narratives of Filipino Women|last=Hidalgo|first=Cristina Pantoja|publisher=University of the Philippines Press|year=2006|isbn=978-971-542-524-7}}
*{{citation|title=The Palanca, Free Press & UMPIL literary awards|last=Yuson|first=Alfred A. |publisher=[[The Philippine STAR]]|date=September 1, 2008 |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleid=82898}}
*{{citation|title=Filipino crime novel ‘Smaller and Smaller Circles’ now a movie|last=de Vera|first=Ruel |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=June 20, 2016 |url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/231207/filipino-crime-novel-smaller-and-smaller-circles-now-a-movie/}}

==External links==
*Soho Press book page [https://sohopress.com/books/smaller-and-smaller-circles/]
*Soho Press backgrounder [https://sohopress.com/the-story-behind-f-h-batacans-smaller-and-smaller-circles/]
*Article on expanded edition [http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/208065/filipino-crime-novel-returns-in-excellent-expanded-edition-from-new-york-publisher/]
*Author interview [http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/583078/author-f-h-batacan-talks-about-film-adaptation-of-smaller-and-smaller-circles/story]
*Review [http://www.publicbooks.org/how-to-catch-a-philippine-serial-killer/]

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The Phantom Fighter

2023-11-07T09:59:04Z

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{{short description|Book by Seabury Quinn}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Phantom Fighter
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Phantom fighter.jpg
| caption = Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for ''The Phantom-Fighter''
| author = [[Seabury Quinn]]
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Frank Utpatel
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| subject =
| genre = [[Supernatural fiction]], [[detective fiction]]
| publisher = [[Mycroft & Moran]]
| release_date = 1966
| english_release_date =
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 263 pp
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
}}
'''''The Phantom Fighter''''' is a collection of [[Occult detective]] [[short stories]] by author [[Seabury Quinn]]. It was released in [[1966 in literature|1966]] by [[Mycroft & Moran]] in an edition of 2,022 copies. The stories are about Quinn's detective [[Jules de Grandin]] and were originally published in the magazine ''[[Weird Tales]]''. Quinn was still alive in 1966, and he revised and modernized the stories in this collection.

==Contents==

''The Phantom Fighter'' contains the following tales:

# "Terror on the Links"
# "The Dead Hand"
# "Children of Ubasti"
# "The Jest of Warburg Tantavul"
# "The Corpse-Master"
# "The Poltergeist"
# "The Wolf of Saint Bonnet"
# "Restless Souls"
# "The Silver Countess"
# "The Doom of the House of Phipps"

==References==

*{{cite book | last=Jaffery | first=Sheldon | authorlink=Sheldon Jaffery | title=The Arkham House Companion | location=Mercer Island, WA | publisher=Starmont House, Inc.| pages=81–82 | year=1989 | isbn=1-55742-005-X}}
* {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=43, 844–845 | year=1998}}
*{{cite book | last=Joshi | first=S.T. | authorlink=S.T. Joshi | title=Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography | location=Sauk City, WI | publisher=Arkham House| pages=180–181 | year=1999 | isbn=0-87054-176-5}}
*{{cite book | last=Nielsen | first=Leon | title=Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide | location=Jefferson, NC and London | publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| pages=152 | year=2004 | isbn=0-7864-1785-4}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phantom Fighter}}
[[Category:1966 short story collections]]
[[Category:Mystery short story collections]]
[[Category:Horror short story collections]]

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Auguste Lupa

2023-10-22T00:26:16Z

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{{Infobox character
| name = Auguste Lupa
| image =
| caption =
| first = ''Son of Holmes''
| last = ''Rasputin's Revenge''
| creator = [[John Lescroart]]
| occupation = Spy, detective
| gender = Male
| family = [[Irene Adler]] (mother) [[Sherlock Holmes]] (father)
| nationality =
}}
'''Auguste Lupa''' is a fictional character in two [[pastiche]] novels by author [[John Lescroart]]. The novels are ''Son of Holmes'' (1986) and ''Rasputin's Revenge'' (1987).
==Character overview==
Lupa, a secret agent during the First World War, is the son of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Irene Adler]]. It is strongly implied that he is the younger version of fictional detective [[Nero Wolfe]] in the mystery series by [[Rex Stout]]. Auguste Lupa is one of many aliases used by the character. Jules Giraud, the narrator of the books, explains that Lupa always chooses as his alias a first name with a connection to one of the [[Caesar (title)|Caesars]]. Auguste is the name of a [[Roman emperor]] and Lupa means "wolf." Other aliases he has used include Julius Adler and Cesar Mycroft. The latter surname indicates a connection to [[Mycroft Holmes]], the brother of [[Sherlock Holmes]]. In ''Rasputin's Revenge'' it is revealed that his real name is John Hamish Adler Holmes, combining the names of [[Doctor Watson|Dr. John Hamish Watson]], the best friend of [[Sherlock Holmes]], and Irene Adler's surname with the surname Holmes.

Lupa also shares several of Wolfe's attributes, including a tendency to be overweight, a love for fine cooking, orchids, and beer, distaste for the female sex, and a preference for the color yellow. Like Wolfe, Lupa has a mistress named Anna, whom he treats poorly. Lupa explains to Giraud that he was raised by various relatives in different European countries following the death of his mother in a train accident. He saw his father on holidays.

Author [[William S. Baring-Gould]] previously postulated that [[Nero Wolfe]] was the son of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Irene Adler]] in his books ''[[Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street]]'' (1962) and ''Nero Wolfe of West Thirty-Fifth Street, the life and times of America's largest private detective.'' He is also considered the son of Holmes by [[Philip Jose Farmer]], the creator of the [[Wold Newton family]].

In ''Son of Holmes,'' Lupa investigates the murder of an intelligence agent and acts of sabotage in a small French town during World War I. In ''Rasputin's Revenge'' he travels to Russia at the request of Tsarina Alexandra and investigates the murder of a relative of [[Tsar Nicholas II]].

==External links==
* Mengel, Brad, "Watching the Detectives" or "The Family Tree of Sherlock Holmes," [http://www.pjfarmer.com/secret/contributors/holmes-family-tree.htm]

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The Chinese Maze Murders

2023-09-21T20:01:53Z

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{{short description|Novel written by Robert van Gulik}}
{{Refimprove|date=August 2008}}
{{infobox book | 
| name = The Chinese Maze Murders
| image = Image:ChineseMazeMurders.jpg
| caption = First published edition (Japanese)
| author = [[Robert van Gulik]]
| cover_artist =
| series = [[Judge Dee]]
| genre = [[Gong'an fiction]], [[Mystery novel|Mystery]], [[Detective fiction|Detective novel]], [[Chinese crime fiction|Crime]], [[Historical mystery]]
| publisher = [[Kodansha]] (Japanese) Nanyang Press (Chinese) W Van Hoeve Ltd (English)
| release_date = 1951 (Japanese) 1953 (Chinese)
| english_pub_date = 1956
| media_type = Print
| pages =
| isbn =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = [[The Chinese Bell Murders]]
}}

'''''The Chinese Maze Murders''''' is a ''[[gong'an fiction|gong'an]]'' [[historical mystery]] novel written by [[Robert van Gulik]] and set in [[Mid-Imperial China|Imperial China]]. It is a fiction based on the real character of [[Judge Dee]] ([[Ti Jen-chieh]] or Di Renjie - chin: 狄仁傑), a [[magistrate]] and [[Politician|statesman]] of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] court, who lived roughly 630–700. However, van Gulik's novel is set not in the Tang, but in the [[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1644), with society and customs depicted in the book reflecting this period.

This was the first of the fictional mystery stories written by Robert van Gulik. It was based on three actual cases from Chinese criminal investigations. The author, having written the story in English, had it translated by a Japanese friend (Professor Ogaeri Yukio) into Japanese and it was sold in Japan under the title "Meiro-no-satsujin" in 1951. Then the author translated the book into Chinese himself and it was published by the Nanyang Press in [[Singapore]] in 1953. Finally Van Gulik published the English-language version in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wollamshram.ca/Dee/maze.htm|title=The Chinese Maze Murders|website=www.wollamshram.ca|accessdate=August 27, 2019}}</ref>

The three mysteries: "The Case of the Sealed Room", "The Case of the Hidden Testament", and "The Case of the Girl with the Severed Head" are all based on actual Chinese murder casebooks. The book contains a postscript by the author on the Chinese Imperial Justice system (something that Van Gulik was an expert on).

==Plot introduction==
Judge Dee is the magistrate in the fictional border town of Lan-fang. Upon arriving he has to depose a local tyrant under whom the previous magistrates were but figurehead puppets. Then he confronts three mysteries involving poisoned plums, a mysterious scroll picture, passionate love letters, a hidden murder, and a ruthless robber. These are all somehow linked to the Governor's garden [[maze]]. In addition, there is the growing threat of a Mongol invasion.

Lan-fang was the setting for another Judge Dee novel, ''[[The Phantom of the Temple]]'' and two short stories from ''[[Judge Dee at Work]]''.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{FadedPage|id=20221102|name=The Chinese Maze Murders}}

{{Judge Dee}}

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