Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014)
Auteur van Harkfast: The Making of the King
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Hugh C. Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. His first novel, Skinner, was published in 1963. He wrote several novels using his name including Night Pillow, A toon meer Few Small Bones, The Interview, The Shooting Gallery, The Marksman, and Harkfast: The Making of a King. He also wrote as Robert Crawford, R. B. Houston, James Albany, and Stuart Stern. Using the pseudonym Jessica Stirling, he wrote more than 30 historical romances. He wrote the first few novels with Peggie Coghlan. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he wrote the remainder on his own. The books written under this pseudonym include The Spoiled Earth, The Constant Star, Hearts of Gold, and Whatever Happened to Molly Bloom. He died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:
(eng) Hugh Crauford Rae also wrote under the pen names of "Hugh C. Rae", "Hugh Rae", "Robert Crawford", "R.B. Houston", "Jessica Stirling" (initially with Peggie Coghlan), "Stuart Stern" (with S. Ungar), "James Albany" and "Caroline Crosby".
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- Gangbare naam
- Rae, Hugh C.
- Officiële naam
- Rae, Hugh Crauford
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Rae, Hugh C.
Rae, Hugh
Crawford, Robert
Houston, R.B.
Stirling, Jessica
Stern, Stuart (toon alle 8)
Albany, James
Crosby, Caroline - Geboortedatum
- 1935-11-22
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2014-09-24
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Opleiding
- Knightswood Senior Secondary School, Glasgow
- Agent
- Fraser and Dunlop Scripts Ltd.
- Korte biografie
- Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a children’s writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78.
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Hugh Crauford Rae also wrote under the pen names of "Hugh C. Rae", "Hugh Rae", "Robert Crawford", "R.B. Houston", "Jessica Stirling" (initially with Peggie Coghlan), "Stuart Stern" (with S. Ungar), "James Albany" and "Caroline Crosby".
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