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Michael Ridpath
Born1961
Devon
Occupationnovelist
NationalityBritish
Alma materMerton College, Oxford
Period1995 onwards
GenreFinancial thrillers, crime novels
Notable worksFire and Ice series
SpouseBarbara Ridpath
Website
www.michaelridpath.com

Michael Ridpath is an English author of thrillers involving the world of high finance. He was born in Devon in 1961 and grew up in Yorkshire. He was educated at Millfield School and Merton College, Oxford, and spent eight years working as a bond trader at an international bank in the City of London. His past employers include Saudi International Bank and Apax Partners.[1]

Ridpath lives in north London with three children and his wife, Barbara Ridpath. His latest work is the Fire & Ice series about an Icelandic detective called Magnus Jonson.

Bibliography

Financial thrillers

  • Free to Trade (1995)[2][3][4]
  • Trading Reality (1996)
  • The Marketmaker (1998)
  • Final Venture (2000)
  • The Predator (2001)
  • Fatal Error (2003)

Alex Calder

  • On The Edge (2005)[5]
  • See No Evil (2006)

Magnus Iceland Mysteries

  • Where The Shadows Lie (Corvus, June 2010)
  • 66° North (Corvus, May 2011)
  • Edge of Nowhere (Corvus, December 2011)
  • Meltwater (June 2012)
  • Sea of Stone (May 2014)
  • The Wanderer (September 2018)

Stand-alone novels

  • Amnesia (Corvus, May 2017)[6]

References