Peter Lovesey Biography

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Peter Harmer Lovesey was born in 1936 in Whitton, Middlesex. He was educated at Hampton Grammar School and read English at Reading University. He graduated in 1958 and completed three years National Service in the RAF. In 1959 he married Jacqueline Ruth Lewis - they have a son and daughter. In 1961 Lovesey was appointed a lecturer in English at Thurrock Technical College, Essex. He became interested in Victorian sport and in 1968 his first book The Kings of Distance was published, dealing with the careers and personalities of five outstanding runners of the past. In 1969 he was made head of the General Education Department at Hammersmith College for Further Education. He held this position until he became a full-time writer in 1975. In 1970, he began his mystery writing career with Wobble to Death which introduced Sergeant Cribb, the Victorian Detective. And in 1991 he created Peter Diamond, an ex-policeman in Bath. His novels and short stories have won him awards all over the world, including both Gold and Silver Daggers of the Crime Writers' Association, of which he was Chairman in 1991-2. In 2000, he received the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for a lifetime achievement in crime writing. He lives near Chichester. His son Phil Lovesey also writes crime novels.

'Sergeant Cribb' Novels

1) Wobble to Death  1970 
2) The Detective Wore Silk Drawers  1971 
3) Abracadaver  1972 
4) Mad Hatter's Holiday  1973 
5) Invitation to a Dynamite Party  1974 
6) A Case of Spirits  1975 
7) Swing, Swing Together  1976 
8) Waxwork (Silver Dagger Award)  1978 

'Peter Diamond' Novels

1) The Last Detective (Anthony Award)  1991 
2) Diamond Solitaire  1992 
3) The Summons (Silver Dagger Award)  1995 
4) Bloodhounds (Silver Dagger Award, Macavity Award, Barry Award)  1996 
5) Upon a Dark Night  1998 
6) The Vault  1999 
7) Diamond Dust  2002 
8) The House Sitter  2003 

Other Novels

1) The False Inspector Dew (Gold Dagger Award)  1982 
2) Keystone  1983 
3) Rough Cider  1986 
4) Bertie and the Tinman  1987 
5) Bertie and the Seven Bodies  1990 
6) Bertie and the Crime of Passion  1993 
7) The Reaper  2000 
8) The Circle  2005 

Novels as 'Peter Lear'

1) Goldengirl  1977 
2) Spider Girl  1980 
3) The Secret of Spandau  1986

Short Stories

1) Butchers and Other Stories of Crime  1985
2) The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
3) Do Not Exceed the Stated Dose
4)The Sedgemoor Strangler and Other Stories of Crime  2002

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