Christopher Fowler
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Christopher Fowler (born 1953 in Greenwich, London) is an English thriller writer. In addition to his numerous horror, satire and crime novels, he has also written a Sherlock Holmes audio drama for BBC 7 entitled The Lady Downstairs.
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[edit] Bryant And May Mysteries
He is the author of the Bryant and May mysteries, in which the two detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are members of the fictional Peculiar Crimes Unit. The series includes: Full Dark House, The Water Room, Seventy-Seven Clocks, Ten Second Staircase, and White Corridor. His sixth Bryant & May novel, The Victoria Vanishes, pays homage to The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin. The seventh Bryant and May novel, Bryant and May on the Loose, was published in July 2009.
[edit] Other novels and short stories
His book Rune shows remarkable similarities to the later Japanese novel & film Ringu/The Ring.
His story "The Master Builder" was filmed as Through the Eyes of a Killer[1], starring Marg Helgenberger and Tippi Hedren. His tenth short story collection, Old Devil Moon, won the Edge Hill Audience Prize 2008.
His novella Breathe, published by Telos Publishing Ltd., won the British Fantasy Society Award for best novella in 2005[2].
[edit] Novels and collections
| How to Impersonate Famous People | 1984 | ISBN 0-7043-3463-1 |
| The Ultimate Party Book | 1985 | ISBN 0-04-793087-X |
| City Jitters | 1986 | ISBN 0-7221-3704-4 |
| City Jitters 2 | ||
| Roofworld | 1988 | ISBN 0-7126-2421-X |
| The Bureau of Lost Souls (US: "More City Jitters") | 1989 | ISBN 0-7126-2459-7 |
| Rune | 1990 | ISBN 0-7126-3466-5 |
| Red Bride | 1992 | ISBN 0-356-20805-2 |
| Sharper Knives | 1992 | ISBN 0-7515-0152-2 |
| Darkest Day | 1993 | ISBN 0-316-90534-8 |
| Spanky | 1994 | ISBN 0-7515-0959-0 |
| Flesh Wounds | 1995 | ISBN 0-7515-1431-4 |
| Psychoville | 1996 | ISBN 0-7515-1664-3 |
| Menz Insana (graphic novel - illustrator: John Bolton) | ISBN 1-56389-300-2 | |
| Disturbia | 1998 | ISBN 0-7515-1909-X |
| Soho Black | 1998 | ISBN 0-7515-2559-6 |
| Personal Demons | 1998 | ISBN 1-85242-597-0 |
| Uncut | 1999 | ISBN 0-7515-2644-4 |
| Calabash | 2000 | ISBN 0-7515-3040-9 |
| The Devil in Me | 2004 | ISBN 1-85242-768-X |
| Demonized | 2004 | ISBN 1-85242-848-1 |
| Full Dark House | 2004 | ISBN 0-553-81552-0 |
| Breathe | 2004 | ISBN 1-903889-67-7 |
| The Water Room | 2004 | ISBN 0-385-60554-4 |
| Seventy-Seven Clocks | 2005 | ISBN 0-385-60885-3 |
| Ten Second Staircase | 2006 | ISBN 0-385-60886-1 |
| White Corridor | 2007 | ISBN 978-0-385-61067-4 |
| The Victoria Vanishes | 2008 | ISBN 978-0-385-61068-1 |
| Paperboy (autobiography) | 2009 | ISBN 978-0-385-61557-0 |
| Bryant & May On The Loose[3] | 2009 | ISBN 978-0-385-61465-8 |
| Bryant & May Off the Rails[4] | 2010 |
[edit] References
- ^ Through the Eyes of a Killer at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "The British Fantasy Awards". http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/info/bfsawards.htm.
- ^ ""Bryant & May: Death Or Glory?", the author's blog, August 24th, 2008". http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/?p=74.
- ^ ""Bryant & May Return in Two-Book Deal", the author's blog, March 18th, 2009". http://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/?p=1018.
[edit] External links
- Christopher Fowler's web site
- BBC Sherlock Holmes site There is a short story The Lady Downstairs written by Fowler which can be read or heard.
[edit] See also
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