 Tony Davis | | 16,146 (18,002) | 450 | 1,198 |  (3.71) | 83 | 0 | 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) |
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Reginald Hill has 1 past event. (show) Book Discussion -- A Clubbable Woman Reginald Hill , A Clubbable Woman. Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at the store. Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend. Read one of the original novels behind the very popular "Pascoe and Dalziel" series made for the BBC. (booksense)
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