Gerald Seymour (born 25 November 1941 in

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, Surrey) is a British writer of crime and espionage novels.

Early life

Gerald Seymour was born to

William Kean Seymour William Kean Seymour (1887–1975) was a British writer, by profession a bank manager.
He was a poet and critic, novelist, journal ...

and his second wife,

Rosalind Wade Rosalind Wade OBE (pen name, Catharine Carr; 1909-1989) was a British novelist and short story writer. She was also the editor of ''The Contemporary Review'' for almost twenty years. Biography Born on 11 September 1909, Rosalind Herschel Wade wa ...

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He was educated at Kelly College, now known as Mount Kelly in

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, Devon, and took a BA Hons degree in Modern History at

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Career

Initially a journalist, he joined ITN in 1963, covering such topics as the Great Train Robbery,

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, the

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, Germany's

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, Italy's

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and Palestinian militant groups. His first book, ''Harry's Game'', was published in 1975, and Seymour then became a full-time novelist, living in the West Country. In 1999, he featured in the Oscar-winning documentary, '' One Day in September'', which portrayed the Munich massacre. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. Television adaptations have been made of his books ''

Harry's Game ''Harry's Game'' is a British television drama mini-series made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel ''Harry's Game'' by Gerald Seymour, a former journalist. Apart from brief scenes, it is set in and around ...

'', ''

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'', ''The Contract'', ''

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'', '' The Informant'' based on ''Field of Blood'', '' A Line in the Sand'' and ''The Waiting Time''.

Bibliography

*''Harry's Game'' (1975), *''The Glory Boys'' (1976), *''Kingfisher'' (1977), *''Red Fox'' (1979), , published in the US as ''The Harrison Affair'' *''The Contract'' (1980), *''Archangel'' (1982), *''In Honour Bound'' (1984), *''Field of Blood'' (1985), *''A Song in the Morning'' (1986), , published in the US as ''Shadow on the Sun'' *''At Close Quarters'' (1987), , published in the US as ''An Eye for an Eye'' *''Home Run'' (1989), , published in the US as ''The Running Target'' *''Condition Black'' (1991), *''The Journeyman Tailor'' (1992), *''The Fighting Man'' (1993), *''The Heart of Danger'' (1995), *''Killing Ground'' (1997), *''The Waiting Time'' (1998), , published in the US as ''Dead Ground'' *''A Line in the Sand'' (1999), *''Holding the Zero'' (2000), *''The Untouchable'' (2001), *''Traitor's Kiss'' (2003), *''The Unknown Soldier'' (2004), *''Rat Run'' (2005), * ''The Walking Dead'' (2007), * ''Time Bomb'' (2008) * ''The Collaborator'' (2009) * ''The Dealer and the Dead'' (2010) * ''A Deniable Death'' (2011) * ''The Outsiders'' (2012) * ''The Corporal's Wife'' (2013) * ''Vagabond'' (2014) * ''No Mortal Thing'' (2015) * ''Jericho's War'' (2017) * ''A Damned Serious Business'' (2018) * ''Battle Sight Zero'' (2019) * ''Beyond Recall'' (2020) * ''The Crocodile Hunter'' (2021) * ''The Foot Soldiers'' (2022) * ''In At The Kill'' (Due for release 19 Jan 2023)

References

External links

Gerald Seymour official website at his previous publisher's site
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