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Reginald Hill has received Britain's most coveted mystery writers award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, as well as the Golden Dagger, for his Dalziel/Pascoe series. (Publisher Provided) Reginald Hill was born in Hartlepool, England on April 3, 1936. He received an English degree from St. Catherine's College, Oxford University and worked as a teacher until 1980, when he retired to become a full-time writer. His first novel, A Clubbable Woman, was published in 1970. During his lifetime, he wrote over 50 books that range from historical novels to science fiction including Fell of Dark, No Man's Land, The Spy's Wife, and The Woodcutter. He was best known for the Dalziel and Pascoe series and the Joe Sixsmith series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Patrick Ruell, Dick Morland, and Charles Underhill. He received the 1990 Golden Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year for Bones and Silence and the 1995 Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement. He died from a brain tumor on January 12, 2012 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from On Beulah Height… (more)
On Beulah Height 876 copies, 13 reviews
Death Comes for the Fat Man 773 copies, 24 reviews
A Clubbable Woman 723 copies, 20 reviews
Dialogues of the Dead 707 copies, 15 reviews
Bones and Silence 693 copies, 17 reviews
Pictures of Perfection 676 copies, 14 reviews
Good Morning, Midnight 645 copies, 11 reviews
Death's Jest-Book 623 copies, 7 reviews
The Price of Butcher's Meat 616 copies, 22 reviews
An Advancement of Learning 615 copies, 19 reviews
Ruling Passion 599 copies, 11 reviews
The Woodcutter 572 copies, 45 reviews
Arms and the Women 565 copies, 4 reviews
Recalled to Life 558 copies, 14 reviews
The Stranger House 554 copies, 21 reviews
The Wood Beyond 535 copies, 9 reviews
A Pinch of Snuff 527 copies, 9 reviews
Deadheads 523 copies, 6 reviews
Midnight Fugue 513 copies, 23 reviews
An April Shroud 484 copies, 8 reviews
Exit Lines 475 copies, 1 review
A Killing Kindness 464 copies, 7 reviews
Child's Play 413 copies, 8 reviews
Under World 395 copies, 6 reviews
Asking for the Moon 358 copies, 11 reviews
Blood Sympathy 180 copies, 3 reviews
Sing the Sadness 177 copies, 4 reviews
Killing the Lawyers 160 copies, 3 reviews
The Roar of the Butterflies 146 copies, 9 reviews
The Spy's Wife 140 copies, 1 review
Born Guilty 129 copies, 4 reviews
Death of a Dormouse 129 copies, 5 reviews
Fell of Dark 114 copies, 1 review
Who Guards the Prince 110 copies, 5 reviews
The Collaborators 100 copies, 5 reviews
The Long Kill 85 copies, 2 reviews
The Only Game 77 copies, 2 reviews
A Fairly Dangerous Thing 63 copies, 2 reviews
Another Death in Venice 58 copies, 2 reviews
A Very Good Hater 53 copies, 2 reviews
One Small Step 50 copies
Traitor's Blood 34 copies, 1 review
No Man's Land 33 copies
The Castle of the Demon 30 copies, 1 review
Red Christmas 25 copies
Heart Clock 23 copies, 2 reviews
Albion! Albion! 18 copies, 1 review
Beyond the Bone 16 copies
Urn Burial 11 copies
The Low Road 7 copies, 1 review
For Love Nor Money 3 copies, 1 review
Uncle Harry 2 copies
INEDITO 1 copy
The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories (Contributor) 391 copies, 5 reviews
Christmas Stalkings (Contributor) 193 copies, 14 reviews
Holmes for the Holidays (Contributor) 192 copies, 6 reviews
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (Contributor) 182 copies, 2 reviews
Last Seen Wearing... (Introduction, some editions) 168 copies, 11 reviews
The Best British Mysteries 2005 (Contributor) 123 copies, 3 reviews
The Detection Collection (Contributor) 74 copies, 6 reviews
2nd Culprit: A Crime Writers' Association Annual (Contributor) 64 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
Detective Duos (Contributor) 49 copies, 1 review
Mysterious Pleasures (Contributor) 33 copies, 2 reviews
A Century of Mystery 1980-1989 (Contributor) 32 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 1 (Author; Author) 24 copies, 1 review
Perfectly Criminal (Contributor) 23 copies, 1 review
Crime Writers (Contributor) 21 copies
The Verdict of Us All (Contributor) 21 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 2 (Author) 17 copies
Green for Danger (Contributor) 16 copies
The Man Who ... (Contributor) 13 copies, 1 review
Crime After Crime (Contributor) 12 copies
Crime Waves: No. 1 (Contributor) 11 copies
Original Sins (Contributor) 10 copies
Crime in the City (Contributor) 9 copies
The Penguin Book of Crime Stories, Volume II (Contributor) 9 copies, 1 review
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 4 (Author) 6 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 5 (Author) 5 copies
Perfectly Criminal 2: Whydunit? (Contributor) 4 copies
Julian Symons at 80: A Tribute (Contributor) 4 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 7 (Author) 4 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 6 (Contributor; Author) 4 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 10 (Author) 4 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 9 (Author; Author) 4 copies
Crime on the Move (Contributor) 3 copies
Dalziel & Pascoe: Season 8 (Author) 3 copies
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Hill was born to a "very ordinary" working-class family—his father was a professional footballer long before sportsmen earned riches—but began reading young. His mother was a great fan of Golden-Age crime writers, and he discovered the genre while fetching her library-books. After National Service (1955–57) and studying English at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1957–60) he worked as a teacher for many years, rising to Senior Lecturer at Doncaster College of Education. In 1980 he retired from salaried work in order to devote himself full-time to writing.
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