Judith Cook (9 July 1933 – 12 May 2004) was an anti-nuclear campaigner, historical novelist, journalist and lecturer in theatre at the

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. She wrote several mysteries based on the casebooks of Dr

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, an

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doctor and

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. Through the columns of ''

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''s

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, edited by

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, she founded the anti-nuclear organisation Voice of Women after the

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of 1962, at a time when the world seemed on the verge of nuclear war.

Bibliography

Fiction

Casebook of Dr Simon Forman

#''Death Of A Lady's Maid'' (1997) #''Murder at the Rose'' (1998) #''Blood on the Borders'' (1999) #''Kill The Witch'' (1999) #''School of the Night'' (2000)

John Latimer

*''Dead Ringer'' (2003) *''Worm in the Bud'' (2003) *''Keeper's Gold'' (2004)

Other novels

*''The Waste Remains'' (1984) *''The Slicing Edge of Death'' (1993)

Non-fiction

*''Directors' Theatre: Sixteen Leading Theatre Directors on the State of Theatre in Britain Today'' (1974) *''National Theatre'' (1976) *''Cornish Walks and Legends'' (1979) *''Women in Shakespeare'' (1980) *''Apprentices of Freedom'' (1981) *''Portrait of a Poison: The

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Story'' (1982) *''Shakespeare's Players'' (1983) *''When I Set Out for Lyonesse: Cornish Walks and Legends'' (1984) *''Close to the Earth: Living Social History of the British Isles'' (1984) *''Who Killed

Hilda Murrell Hilda Murrell (3 February 1906 – on or before 24 March 1984) was a British rose grower, naturalist, diarist and campaigner against nuclear power and nuclear weapons. She was abducted and found murdered five miles from her home in Shropshire. ...

?'' (1985) *''Price of Freedom'' (1986) *''At the Sign of the Swan: Introduction to Shakespeare's Contemporaries'' (1986) *''Red Alert: Worldwide Dangers of Nuclear Power'' (1986) *''Backstage'' (1987) *''Whose Health Is It Anyway?'' (1987) *''An Accident Waiting to Happen'' (1989) *''Dirty Water'' (1989) *''Daphne: Portrait of

Daphne Du Maurier Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (; 13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Her parents were actor-manager Gerald du Maurier, Sir Gerald du Maurier and his wife, actress Muriel Beaumont. Her gra ...

'' (1992) *''To Brave Every Danger: The Epic Life of

Mary Bryant Mary Bryant (c. 1765 – after 1794) was a Cornish convict sent to Australia in 1787 with the First Fleet. In 1791, she became one of the first successful escapees from the fledgling Australian penal colony alongside her husband William Bryan ...

of Fowey'' (1994) *''Unlawful Killing: Murder of

'' (1994) *''Sleaze File...: and How to Clean Up British Politics'' (1995) *''The Golden Age of the English Theatre'' (1996) *''Singing from the Walls: The Life and Art of Elizabeth Forbes'' (2000) (with Melissa Hardie and

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) *''Dr

: A Most Notorious Physician'' (2001) *''The Year of the Pyres: The 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic'' (2001) *'' Gill Watkiss - Paintings 1974-2002'' (2002) *''Pirate Queen: The Life of

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1530-1603'' (2003) *''Roaring Boys: Playwrights and Players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England'' (2005) *"Priestley" Biography of J B Priestley (1997)

External links

Obituary
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Judith Cook at Fantastic Fiction
1933 births 2004 deaths Academics of the University of Exeter English women historical novelists People educated at James Allen's Girls' School English women novelists 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers British women historical novelists Women's page journalists {{UK-novelist-stub