Dewey Lambdin (January 26, 1945 – July 26, 2021) was an American nautical historical novelist. He was best known for his

Alan Lewrie Alan Lewrie, KB, BT, is the fictional hero and main character of Dewey Lambdin's naval adventure series of novels set during the American and the French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. The series spanned some twenty-five novels with a 26t ...

naval adventure series, spanning the

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and the

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. Besides the Alan Lewrie series, he is also the author of ''What Lies Buried: a novel of Old Cape Fear''. The son of a U.S. Navy officer, Lambdin attended the

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where he had his first published story appear in the Thorn Vault. Lambdin graduated with a degree in Film & TV Production from

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in 1969. After graduating he moved to

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where he worked as a producer/director production manager and senior director/writer/ producer for local television stations, and later in Nashville in advertising. After being laid off when the advertising company he worked for failed, he returned to his early interest in writing fiction with his creation of Lewrie in '' The King's Coat'' in 1988, published in 1989.http://ageofsail.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/interview-with-dewey-lambdin/ Interview in mcbooks' online magazine "Quarterdecks". January/February 2009

Alan Lewrie books

#''The King's Coat'' (1989) #''The French Admiral'' (1990) #''The King's Commission'' (1991) #''The King's Privateer'' (1992) #''The Gun Ketch'' (1993) #''H.M.S. Cockerel'' (1995) #''A King's Commander'' (1997) #''Jester's Fortune'' (1999) #''King's Captain'' (2000) #''Sea of Grey'' (2002) #''Havoc's Sword'' (2003) #''The Captain's Vengeance'' (2004) #''A King's Trade'' (2006) #''Troubled Waters'' (2008) #''The Baltic Gambit'' (2009) #''King, Ship and Sword'' (2010) #''The Invasion Year'' (2011) #''Reefs and Shoals'' (2012) #''Hostile Shores'' (2013) #''The King's Marauder'' (2014) #''Kings and Emperors'' (2015) #''A Hard, Cruel Shore'' (2016) #''A Fine Retribution'' (2017) #''An Onshore Storm'' (2018) #''Much Ado About Lewrie'' (2019)

Short story

* "Lewrie and the Hogsheads" (2012)

Other novels

*''What Lies Buried: A Novel of Old Cape Fear'' (2005)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambdin, Dewey 1945 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American historical novelists Nautical historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in the modern age 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers