ANTHONY PRICE: R.I.P.

Martin Edwards reports on his blog that crime writer Anthony Price passed away earlier today at the age of 91. Anthony Price was the author of espionage thrillers. Born in Hertfordshire, England,  he attended The King's School, Canterbury, and served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949, reaching the rank of Captain. He read History at Merton College, Oxford from 1949 to 1952, and was awarded an MA in 1956. Price was a journalist with the Westminster Press from 1952 to 1988, as well as an editor with the Oxford Times from 1972 to 1988. He was the author of nineteen novels in the Dr David Audley/Colonel Jack Butler series. He won both the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers.

Read Martin Edward's post on Do You Write Under Your Own Name? here.

Read The Book You Have to Read: "The Labryinth Makers," by Anthony Price on The Rap Sheet. 

Read an Interview with Anthony Price on Existential Ennui.