Basil Copper (1924–2013)
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Basil Frederick Albert Copper (born February 5, 1924 and died on April 3, 2013) was an English writer and former journalist and newspaper editor. He became a full-time writer in 1970. In addition to horror and detective fiction, Copper was perhaps best known for his series of Solar Pons stories mostra altro continuing the character created as a tribute to Sherlock Holmes by August Derleth. Copper also wrote the long-running novel series featuring hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective "Mike Faraday" (58 novels from 1966 to 1988). Copper's work has been translated into many languages, reprinted in leading anthologies and filmed for television by Universal Pictures.[5] The TV adaptation was of his well-known macabre story "Camera Obscura", filmed as an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery in 1971. Copper received many honors in recent years. In 1979, the Mark Twain Society of America elected him a Knight of Mark Twain for his outstanding "contribution to modern fiction", while the Praed Street Irregulars have twice honoured him for his work on the Solar Pons series. He has been a member of the Crime Writer's Association for over thirty years, serving as chairman in 1981-82 and on its committee for a total of seven years. At the 2010 World Horror Convention in Brighton, he was awarded the first WHC Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in April, 2013. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Basil Copper
Ill Met By Daylight 3 copie
Cry Wolf 3 copie
Bright Blades Gleaming 2 copie
The Knocker At The Portico 2 copie
The Grey House 2 copie
Shaft Number 247 2 copie
Doctor Porthos 1 copia
The Spider [short fiction] 1 copia
Inga brev från graven 1 copia
Maffians guld 1 copia
Reader I Buried Him 1 copia
Better Dead 1 copia
Knife In The Back 1 copia
The Flabby Men 1 copia
The Recompensing Of Albano Pizar 1 copia
Camera Obscura (short story) 1 copia
LA SOFFIATA LONGANESI 1974 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Collaboratore — 187 copie
The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories: Twisted Tales Not to Be Read at Night! (2019) — Collaboratore — 45 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Copper, Basil Frederick Albert
- Data di nascita
- 1924-02-05
- Data di morte
- 2013-04-03
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- news editor
novelist
short story writer - Organizzazioni
- Crime Writers Association
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Knight of Mark Twain (Mark Twain Society of America, 1979)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 79
- Opere correlate
- 50
- Utenti
- 1,004
- Popolarità
- #25,690
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 21
- ISBN
- 168
- Lingue
- 4
- Preferito da
- 1
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