Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons) (pronounced ''SIMM-ons''; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British

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and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature. He was born in

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, and died in

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Life and work

Julian Symons was born in London to auctioneer Morris Albert Symons (died 1929), of Russian-Polish Jewish immigrant parentage, and Minnie Louise (died 1964), née Bull. He was a younger brother, and later the biographer, of writer A. J. A. Symons. Like his brother, due to the family's straitened financial circumstances he left school at 14, having attended a "school for backward children" owing to his severe stutter. He was subsequently mainly self-educated, whilst working as a typist and clerk for an engineering firm. He founded the poetry magazine ''Twentieth Century Verse'' in 1937, editing it for two years. "He turned to crime writing in a light–hearted way before the war and soon afterwards established himself as a leading exponent of it, though his use of irony to show the violence behind the respectable masks of society places many of his books on the level of the orthodox novel."''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', Penguin Books, 1985; . Introduction. As an early

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, he applied for recognition as an anti-capitalist

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, but was refused by his tribunal. He chose not to appeal, and ended up in the

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1942 to 1944, when he was invalided out with a non-battle-related arm injury. After a period as an advertising copywriter, he became a full-time writer in 1947. During his career he won two

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from the

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and, in 1982, received the MWA's Grand Master Award. Symons served as the president of the

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from 1976 till 1985. Symons's 1972 book ''Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel'' (published as ''Mortal Consequences'' in the US) is one of the best-known critical works in the field of crime fiction. Revised editions were published in 1985, 1992 and finally in 1994. Symons highlighted the distinction between the classic puzzler mystery, associated with such writers as

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and John Dickson Carr, and the more modern "crime novel," which puts emphasis on psychology and motivation. Symons published over thirty crime novels and story collections between 1945 and 1994. His works combined elements of both the detective story and the crime novel, but leaned clearly toward the latter, with an emphasis on character and psychology which anticipated later crime fiction writers such as

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and

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. His novels tend to focus on ordinary people drawn into a murderous chain of events; the intricate plots are often spiced with

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. Novels typical of his style include ''The Colour of Murder'' (1957), the

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-winning ''

The Progress of a Crime ''The Progress of a Crime'' is a 1960 mystery crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons.White p.360 It was awarded the 1961 Edgar Award. Synopsis Hugh Bennett, a local reporter, sees what looks like a horrible crime taking place on a vi ...

'' (1960), ''The Man Whose Dreams Came True'' (1968) ''The Man Who Lost His Wife'' (1970) and ''The Plot Against Roger Ryder'' (1973). Symons wrote two modern-day

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s, as well as a pastiche set in the 1920s. In ''

A Three-Pipe Problem ''A Three-Pipe Problem'' is a 1975 mystery detective novel by the British writer Julian Symons.Bargainnier p.220 A pastiche of the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, it takes place in the present day. The title refers to a ...

'' (1975), the detective was "...a television actor, Sheridan Hayes, who wears the mask of Sherlock Holmes and assumes his character. The book neatly reversed the usual theme of the criminal behind the mask by having a rather commonplace man wearing the mask of the great detective." A sequel ''

The Kentish Manor Murders ''The Kentish Manor Murders'' is a 1988 mystery detective novel by the British writer Julian Symons. A pastiche of the traditional Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, it is a sequel to the 1975 novel '' A Three-Pipe Problem''.Mason, ...

'' was written in 1988. For his 1981 book ''The Great Detectives'', he wrote a Sherlock Holmes pastiche instead of a biographical sketch. Entitled "How a Hermit was Disturbed in His Retirement," the events of the tale take place in the 1920s as Sherlock Holmes is drawn out of retirement to solve an unusual missing persons case. The story was included in the collection ''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'', in which it was given the more Doylean title of "The Adventure of Hillerman Hall." He also made occasional forays into historical mystery, such as ''

The Blackheath Poisonings ''The Blackheath Poisonings'' is a 1978 historical mystery novel by the British writer Julian Symons.Bargainnier, Earl F. ''Twelve Englishmen of Mystery''. Popular Press, 1984. p. 217. . It is a murder mystery set in the late Victorian era. Plot ...

'' (1978), which was filmed for television in 1992, and with ''

Sweet Adelaide ''Sweet Adelaide'' is a 1980 historical crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons) (pronounced ''SIMM-ons''; 30 May 1912 – 19 November 1994) was a British crime writer and poet ...

'' (1980). In 1941, Symons married Kathleen Clark; they had a son, Mark. Symons died at his home at

, in Kent, and was survived by his widow and son.

Works

Crime fiction

Inspector Bland

*''

The Immaterial Murder Case ''The Immaterial Murder Case'' is a 1945 mystery detective novel by British writer Julian Symons. His debut novel, it was the first in a trilogy featuring the Scotland Yard detective Chief Inspector Bland.Knight p.152 The story gently makes fun ...

'' (1945) *'' A Man Called Jones'' (1947) *'' Bland Beginning'' (1949)

Inspector Crambo

*''

The Narrowing Circle ''The Narrowing Circle'' is a 1956 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Paul Carpenter, Hazel Court and Russell Napier. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Julian Symons.Goble p.451 The film's sets wer ...

'' (1954) (filmed in 1956 as ''

'') *''The Gigantic Shadow'' (1958), as ''The Pipe Dream'' (US)

Sheridan Hayes

*''

'' (1975) *''

'' (1988)

Joan Khan-Harper

*''

The Man Who Killed Himself ''The Man Who Killed Himself'' is a 1967 comedy crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons.Reymond & Keating p.133 Synopsis Sick of his life with his wealthy but domineering wife, Arthur Brownjohn creates a flamboyant alter ego for himself ...

'' (1967) (filmed in 1969 as '' Arthur! Arthur!'') *''The Man Whose Dreams Came True'' (1968) *''The Man Who Lost His Wife'' (1970) *''The Players and the Game'' (1972) *'' The Plot Against Roger Rider'' (1973) *''The Detling Murders'' (1982), as ''The Detling Secret'' (US)

Other novels

*'' The Thirty-First of February'' (1950) *'' The Broken Penny'' (1953) *'' The Paper Chase'' (1956), as ''Bogue's Fortune'' (US) *''

The Colour of Murder ''The Colour of Murder'' is a 1957 crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons. It was awarded the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers' Association for that year.Winks, Robin W. & Corrigan, Maureen. ''Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature ...

'' (1957) (Winner, 1957

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) *''

'' (1960) (Winner, 1961

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, Best Novel) *''The Killing of Francie Lake'' (1962), as ''The Plain Man'' (US) *'' The End of Solomon Grundy'' (1964) *'' The Belting Inheritance'' (1965) *''

'' (1978) *''

'' (1980) *''The Name of Annabel Lee'' (1983) *''The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple'' (1985), as ''A Criminal Comedy'' (US) *''Death's Darkest Face'' (1990) *''Something Like a Love Affair'' (1992) *''Playing Happy Families'' (1994) *''A Sort of Virtue: A Political Crime Novel'' (1996)

Collected short crime fiction

Francis Quarles

*''Murder! Murder!'' (1961) **''Centre Court Mystery''; ''Test Match Murder''; ''The Grand National Case''; ''The Case of SW2''; ''The Unhappy Piano Tuner''; ''A Pearl among Women''; ''Credit to William Shakespeare''; ''Meeting in the Snow''; ''The Wrong Hat''; ''The Absent-Minded Professor''; ''Each Man Kills''; ''Time for Murder''; ''The Case of the Frightened Promoter''; ''Picture Show''; ''Sailors' Hornpipe''; ''The Hiding Place''; ''Airport Incident''; ''The Plaster Pekingese''; ''Comedy in Venice''; ''The Invisible Poison''; ''Little Man Lost'' *''Francis Quarles Investigates'' (1965) **''Strolling in the Square One Day''; ''The Archer''; ''Out of the Mouths''; ''Thirty Days Hath September''; ''The Woman Afraid of October''; ''Blue Paint''; ''One Little Letter''; ''The Santa Claus Club''; ''Hot Summer Night''; ''Coffee for Three''; '' Four Letters''; ''Kidnap Plot''; ''A Matter of Dentistry''; ''By the Sea''; ''Ace of Spades'' *''The Detections of Francis Quarles'' (

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, 2006) **''Red Rum Means Murder''; ''Death in the Scillies''; ''Poison Pen''; ''An Exercise in Logic''; ''Summer Show''; ''The Desk''; ''Mrs Rolleston's Diamonds''; ''Murder - But How Was it Done?''; ''Ancestor Worship''; ''Iced Champagne''; ''No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder''; ''The Duke of York''; ''Double Double Cross''; ''Tattoo''; ''Jack and Jill''; ''The Conjuring Trick''; ''Happy Hexing''; ''No Deception''; ''The Second Bullet''; ''Preserving the Evidence''; ''Death for Mr Golightly''; ''A Man with Blue hair''; ''The Two Suitors''; ''Airborne with a Borgia''; ''Art Loving Mr Lister Lands a Fake''; ''The Collector''; ''Ghost from the Past''; ''The Swedish Nightingale''; ''The Barton Hall Dwarf''; ''The Pepoli Case''; ''Nothing up His Sleeve''; ''A Present from Santa Claus''; ''The Link''; ''Little Boy Blue''; ''Affection Unlimited''; ''The Whistling Man''; ''Party Line''; ''Who Killed Harrington?''; ''Murder in Reverse''; ''The Vanishing Trick''; ''The impossible Theft''; ''Final Night Extra''

Other collections

*''How to Trap a Crook'' (1977) **''Experiment in Personality''; ''A Theme for Hyacinth''; ''Eight Minutes to Kill''; Twixt the Cup and the Lip''; ''How to Trap a Crook''; ''Strolling in the Square One Day''; ''The Tiger's Stripe''; ''Love Affair''; ''Credit to Shakespeare''; ''The Main Chance''; ''The Santa Claus Club''; ''The Sensitive Ears of Mr. Small''; ''Pickup on the Dover Road'' *''The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations'' (1981) **''How a Hermit Was Disturbed in His Retirement''; '' About

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and St. Mary Mead''; ''In Which Archie Goodwin Remembers''; ''Which Expounds the

Ellery Queen Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1929 by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee and the name of their main fictional character, a mystery writer in New York City who helps his police inspector father solve ...

s Mystery''; ''About

Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...

and the Stolen Papers''; ''Life of

Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by British writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-running characters, appearing in 33 novels, two plays ('' Black Coffee'' and ''Alibi''), and more ...

Based on the Notes of

Captain Arthur Hastings Captain Arthur J. M. Hastings, OBE, is a fictional character created by Agatha Christie as the companion-chronicler and best friend of the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. He is first introduced in Christie's 1920 novel '' The Mysterious Aff ...

''; ''About the birth of

Philip Marlowe Philip Marlowe () is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler, who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The hardboiled crime fiction genre originated in the 1920s, notably in ''Black Mask'' magazine, in which Dashiel ...

'' *''The Tigers of Subtopia'' (1982) **''The Tigers of Subtopia''; ''The Dupe''; ''Somebody Else''; ''The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring''; ''The Boiler''; ''The Murderer''; ''A Theme For Hyacinth''; ''The Last Time''; ''The Flaw''; ''Love Affair''; ''The Best Chess Player in the World'' *''The Man Who Hated Television'' (1995) **''The Man Who Hated Television''; ''In the Bluebell Wood''; ''Et in Arcadia Ego''; ''Has anybody here seen me?''; ''The birthmark''; ''Waiting for Mr. McGregor''; ''The Conjuring Trick''; ''The dream is better''; ''The Borgia Heirloom ''; ''Did Sherlock Holmes meet Hercule?''; ''Holocaust at Mayhem Parva'' *''A Julian Symons Sherlockian Duet'' (2000) **''Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule...?''; ''The Affair of the Vanishing Diamonds''

Biography, history and literary criticism

*''A J A Symons: His Life & Speculations'' (1950) biography *''

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'' (1951) *''

Thomas Carlyle Thomas Carlyle (4 December 17955 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature and philosophy. Born in Ecclefechan, ...

. The Life and Ideas of a Prophet'' (1952) biography *''Criminal Acts'' (1955) *''

Horatio Bottomley Horatio William Bottomley (23 March 1860 – 26 May 1933) was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular magazine ''John Bull'', an ...

'' (1955) biography *''The

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. A Historical Portrait'' (1957) history *''A Reasonable Doubt'' (1960) non-fiction *''The Thirties: a Dream Revolved'' (1960) revised 1975 *'' Buller's Campaign'' (1963) military history *''England's Pride: The Story of the

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'' (1965) military history *''Crime and Detection: An Illustrated History from 1840'' (1966) *''Critical Occasions'' (1966) essays *''Between the Wars'' (1972) history *''Notes From Another Country'' (1972) autobiographical *''Bloody Murder – From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History'' (1972) (US title: ''Mortal Consequences'') (Special Edgar Award, 1973); revised in 1985, third revised edition 1992, fourth revised edition 1994. *''A Reflection on Auden'' (1973) broadsheet poem *''The Angry 30s'' (1976) history *''The Tell-Tale Heart: The Life and Works of

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'' (1978) *'' Conan Doyle – Portrait of an Artist'' (1979) *''

– the Art of Her Crimes'' (1981) *''Critical Observations: Diverse Essays'' (1981) *''Crime and Detection Quiz'' (1983) *''1948 and 1984. The Second

Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitari ...

Memorial Lecture'' (1984) *'' Dashiel Hammett'' (1985) *''Two Brothers. Fragments of a Correspondence'' (1985) *''Makers of the New: The Revolution in Literature, 1912–1939'' (1987) *''

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: A Problem in Biography'' (1988) Lurcy Lecture, Amherst College *''Somebody Else'' (1990) stories *''The Thirties and The Nineties'' (1990) *''Portraits of The Missing: Imaginary Biographies'' (1991) *''Does Literature Exist?'' (1992) Lurcy Lecture, Amherst College *''Criminal Practices -Symons on Crime Writing 60s to 90s'' (1994) *''Hell Gate''

Edited collections

*''An Anthology of War Poetry'' (1942) editor *''Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson'' (1949) editor *''Carlyle: Selected Works'' (1957) editor *''Essays & Biographies by A.J.A. Symons'' (1969) editor *''Verdict of Thirteen: a Detection Club Anthology'' (1978) *''Edgar Allan Poe Selected Tales'' (1980) editor *''New Poetry 9, an Arts Council Anthology'' (1983) editor *''Classic Crime Omnibus'' (1984) editor, stories

Novellas and short stories

*''Strolling in the Square One Day''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates and

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(Francis Quarles) *''The Archer''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Out of the Mouths''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Thirty Days Hath September''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''The Woman Afraid of October''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Blue Paint''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''One Little Letter''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''The Santa Claus Club''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates and

(Francis Quarles) *''Hot Summer Night''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Coffee for Three''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Four letters''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Kidnap Plot''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''A Matter of Dentistry''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''By the Sea''. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''Centre Court Mystery''. Collected in

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(Francis Quarles) *''Test Match Murder''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Grand National Case''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Meeting in the Snow''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Wrong Hat''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Absent-Minded professor''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Each Man Kills''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Picture Show''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Hiding Place''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Comedy in Venice''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Invisible Poison''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Little Man Lost''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Tigers of Subtopia''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Dupe''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''Somebody Else''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Boiler''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Murderer''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Last Time''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Flaw''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Best Chess Player in the World''. Collected in The Tigers of Subtopia *''Experiment in Personality''. Collected in

*''A Theme for Hyacinth''. Collected in

and The Tigers of Subtopia *''Eight Minutes to Kill''. Collected in

*Twixt the Cup and the Lip''. Collected in

*''How to Trap a Crook''. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Tiger's Stripe''. Collected in

*''Love Affair''. Collected in

and The Tigers of Subtopia *''The Main Chance''. Collected in

*''The Sensitive Ears of Mr Small''. Collected in

*''Pickup on the Dover Road''. Collected in

*''The Case of the Frightened Promoter''. (London)

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, 13 May 1950. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Affection Unlimited''. (London)

, 10 July 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Unhappy Piano Tuner''. (London)

, 20 July 1950. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Case of SW2''. (London)

, 2 August 1950. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Mrs Rolleston's Diamonds''. (London)

, 10 August 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Happy Hexing''. (London)

, 19 September 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Desk''. (London)

, 29 September 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Murder - But How Was it Done?''. (London)

, 29 October 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Who Killed Harrington?''. (London)

, 28 November 1950. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Credit to William Shakespeare''. (London)

, 13 December 1950. Collected in

and

(Francis Quarles) *''Death in the Scillies''. (London)

, 13 March 1951. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Ghost from the Past''. (London)

, 1 October 1951. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Pepoli Case''. (London)

, 2 February 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Red Rum Means Murder''. (London)

, 15 May 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Whistling Man''. (London)

, 9 July 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Vanishing Trick''. (London)

, 28 July 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''An Exercise in Logic''. (London)

, 8 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Poison Pen''. (London)

, 15 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Preserving the Evidence''. (London)

, 18 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Nothing up His Sleeve''. (London)

, 23 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Double Double Cross''. (London)

, 25 September 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Death for Mr Golightly''. (London)

, 22 December 1952. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''A Pearl among Women''. (London)

, 26 January 1953. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Duke of York''. (London)

, 27 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Conjuring Trick''. (London)

, 28 January 1953. Collected in

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and The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''No Deception''. (London)

, 29 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Link''. (London)

, 30 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''A Man with Blue Hair''. (London)

, 31 January 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Swedish Nightingale''. (London)

, 14 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Two Suitors''. (London)

, 15 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Tattoo''. (London)

, 16 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Collector''. (London)

, 18 September 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Jack and Jill''. (London)

, 19 September 1953; also published as ''Death by Drowning''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 22 October 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles *''Iced Champagne''. (London)

, 19 October 1953. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Sailors' Hornpipe''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 22 October 1953. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Time for Murder''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 2 February 1954. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''The Plaster Pekingese''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 3 February 1954. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Airport Incident''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 4 February 1954. Collected in

(Francis Quarles) *''Ace of Spades''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 6 February 1954. Collected in Francis Quarles Investigates (Francis Quarles) *''The Barton Hall Dwarf''. (London)

, 16 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Little Boy Blue''. (London)

, 20 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Summer Show''. (London)

, 21 August 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''A Present from Santa Claus''. (London)

, 24 December 1954. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Final Night Extra'' (''London Alibi'' No. 6). (London)

, 3 September 1955; solution published on 5 September 1955. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Airborne with a Borgia''. (London)

, 28 September 1955. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Party Line''. (London)

, 30 October 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Second Bullet''. (London)

, 31 October 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Murder in Reverse''. (London)

, 2 November 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Ancestor Worship''. (London)

, 3 November 1956. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''Art Loving Mr Lister Lands a Fake''. (London)

, 13 March 1963. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''No Use Turning a Deaf Ear to Murder''. (London)

, 1 June 1964. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''The Impossible Theft''.

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' is a bi-monthly American digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction, and mystery fiction. Launched in fall 1941 by Mercury Press, ''EQMM'' is named after the fict ...

, January 1966. Collected in The Detections of Francis Quarles (Francis Quarles) *''How a Hermit Was Disturbed in His Retirement''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Sherlock Holmes) *''About Miss Marple and St Mary Mead''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Miss Marple) *''In Which Archie Goodwin Remembers''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Nero Wolfe) *''Which Expounds the Ellery Queens Mystery''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Ellery Queen) *''About Maigret and the Stolen Papers''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Inspector Maigret) *''The Life of Hercule Poirot: based on the notes of Captain Arthur Hastings''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Hercule Poirot). Published in a limited edition of 200 copies (1988); and reprinted in

as ''Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule?'' *''About the Birth of Philip Marlowe''. The Great Detectives: Seven Original Investigations (Philip Marlowe) *''The Man Who Hated Television''. Collected in

*''In The Bluebell Wood''. Collected in

*''Et In Arcadia Ego''. Collected in

*''Has Anybody Here Seen Me?''. Collected in

*''The Birthmark''. Collected in

*''Waiting For Mr. McGregor''. Collected in

*''The Dream Is Better''. Collected in

*''The Borgia Heirloom''. Collected in

*''Holocaust At Mayhem Parva''. Collected in

Poetry

Volumes *''Confusions About X'' (Fortune Press 1939) *''The Second Man'' (1943) Individual poems *''Poem''.

Poetry Poetry (derived from the Greek '' poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meani ...

, Vol. 52 No. 6, September 1938 *''The Other Cheek''.

, Vol. 54 No. 1, April 1939 *''Poem''.

, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940 *''Pub''.

, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940 *''End of a Year''.

, Vol. 56 No. 6, September 1940 *''Spring Poem''.

, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942 *''Hart Crane''.

, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942 *''Eleven Meetings''.

, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942 *''The Clock''.

, Vol. 59 No. 5, February 1942

Uncollected fiction

*''A Cup of Tea''. (London)

, 12 September 1950 (Francis Quarles) *''The Clue in the Book''. (London)

, 5 May 1952 (Francis Quarles) *''Stealing the Picture''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 5 February 1954 *''Murder Too Perfect''. (London)

, 19 July 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''Death of an MP'' (''London Alibi'' No. 1). (London)

, 29 August 1955; solution published on 30 August 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''Dial 999'' (''London Alibi'' No. 2). (London)

, 30 August 1955; solution published on 31 August 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''The Claimant'' (''London Alibi'' No. 3). (London)

, 31 August 1955; solution published on 1 September 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''Mr Longden Had a Diary'' (''London Alibi'' No. 4). (London)

, 1 September 1955; solution published on 2 September 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''The Briefcase'' (''London Alibi'' No. 5). (London)

, 2 September 1955; solution published on 3 September 1955 (Francis Quarles) *''A Mystery in Spain''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 25 February 1961

Uncollected non-fiction

*''Obscurity and Dylan Thomas''. Kenyon Review, Vol. 2 No. 1, Winter 1940 *''A London Letter: the Wartime Literary Situation''. Kenyon Review, Vol. 2 No. 2, Spring 1940 *''Louis MacNeice: The Artists as Everyman''.

, Vol. 56 No. 2, May 1940 *''Restoration Comedy'' (''Reconsiderations II''). Kenyon review, Vol. 7 No. 2, Spring 1945 *'' itle not yet confirmed' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 17 January 1947 *''Strategy in War - and Peace'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 6 March 1947 *''Low-Down on the Left'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 10 April 1947 *''The Big Five'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 14 August 1947 *''A Pack of Cards'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 28 August 1947 *''Live Words among the Dead'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 9 October 1947 *''Between Two Beards'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 17 December 1947 *''Pick Your Poet'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 2 January 1948 *''What Makes a Criminal?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 24 March 1948 *''Antidote, Tonic - or Escape?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 30 June 1948 *''A Bird in the Bush'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 17 November 1948 *''The Biggest Problem in the World'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 15 December 1948 *''Who Is Our Best Read Novelist?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 16 February 1949 *''They Took the Long Jump to Freedom'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 23 February 1949 *''Which Is the True Russia?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 27 April 1949 *''These Make Good Holiday Reading'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 30 June 1949 *''I Call It Detective Fever'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 17 August 1949 *''The Poet and the Theatre'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 23 March 1950 *''Genius, Crank or Dabbler?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 30 March 1950 *''The Man Who Went to Moscow'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 20 April 1950 *''Nation Looking for a Cure-All'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 27 April 1950 *''The Man Who Hated the Poor ...'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 4 May 1950 *''Three Ways to See a Country'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 11 May 1950 *''Snail Tea for Breakfast?'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 29 June 1950 *''Shavians Without Knowing it'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 6 July 1950 *''Cat Naps and a High Jump'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 13 July 1950 *''How to Get Away from It All'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 10 August 1950 *''Sophocles in Three Scenes'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 19 October 1950 *''Poets' Plight'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 25 October 1950 *''When the Balloons Went Up'' (''Life, People & Children's Books''), Manchester Evening News, 9 November 1950 *''Novels of Four Nations'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 1 March 1951 *''The Last of the Edwardian Giants ...'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 15 March 1951 *''Bloomsburyites - They Started It All'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 3 June 1954 *''Dodgers, Scroungers & a Captain at Sea'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 28 October 1954 *''Arthur James Cook'' (''Gamblers with Fate''). Birmingham Evening Despatch, 15 November 1954 *''Whitaker Wright'' (''Gamblers with Fate''). Birmingham Evening Despatch, 16 November 1954 *''Murder - Plus Good Writing'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 12 May 1955 *''Kruschev Said 'Come and See What We're Like (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 31 May 1955 *''What It's Like to Be 'On the Run (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 20 August 1955 *''They Worked So Hard to Be Gay'' (''Life, People & Books''), Manchester Evening News, 29 September 1955 *''Did Spiritual Exercises Really Cure Eva Barton?''. (London) Daily Mail, 3 December 1957 *''One Thing They All Said: SUBUD Makes You into a Different Person''. (London) Daily Mail, 4 December 1957 *''Frank Cousins under the Microscope''. (London) Daily Mail, 11 January 1958 *''The Enigma of Frank Cousins''. (London) Daily Mail, 13 January 1958 *''Cousins Can't Make Them Cry''. (London) Daily Mail, 14 January 1958 *''A Touch of Fowles' Play''. (London) Daily Mail, 6 October 1977

Notes

References

*Patricia Craig, editor (1992). ''Julian Symons At 80 – A Tribute''. *Jack Walsdorf and Kathleen Symons, editors (1995/6). ''Julian Symons Remembered''. *Bonnie Allen and John Walsdorf (1997). ''Julian Symons: A Bibliography''.

External links

Finding aid to Julian Symons papers at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Symons, Julian 1912 births 1994 deaths Writers from London English conscientious objectors English crime fiction writers British Jewish writers Edgar Award winners Cartier Diamond Dagger winners Members of the Detection Club British Army personnel of World War II 20th-century English novelists Royal Armoured Corps soldiers