The book of forgotten authors / Christopher Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors--Biography.

Authors.

Literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Biographies.

Literary criticism.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 382 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

Expanded and updated paperback edition.

Other Title:

Forgotten authors

Place of Publication:

London : Riverrun, 2018.

Contents:

Why are good authors forgotten?

1. Margery Allingham

2. Virginia Andrews

3. Charlotte Armstrong

4. Frank Baker

5. R.M. Ballantyne

6. Alexander Baron

7. Peter Barnes

8. Lesley Blanch

9. Kyril Bonfiglioli

The forgotten Disney connection

10. Ernest Bornemann

11. Pierre Boulle

12. Mary Elizabeth Braddon

13. Caryl Brahms

14. Pamela Branch

15. Brigid Brophy

16. Thomas Burke

17. Dino Buzzati

18. Patricia Carlon

19. Barbara Comyns Carr

The Forgotten (pre-Tarantino) pulp fiction

20. John Dickson Carr

21. Leslie Charteris

22. John Christopher

23. John Collier

24. Norman Collins

25. Richard Condon

26. Edmund Crispin

27. E.M. Delafield

28. Patrick Dennis

29. Raymond Durgnat

The forgotten rivals of Holmes, Bond and Miss Marple

30. Rosalind Erskine

21. Dr. Christopher Evans

32. Jack Finney

33. Ronald Firbank

34. Peter Fleming

35. Lucille Fletcher

36. R. Austin Freeman

37. Michael Green

38. Peter Van Greenaway

The forgotten books of Charles Dickens

39. Robert Van Gulik

40. Thomas Guthrie

41. Charles Hamilton

42. James Hanley

43. Sven Hassel

44. A.P. Herbert

45. Georgette Heyer

46. Eleanor Hibbert

47. Harry Hodge

48. Sheila Hodgetts

The forgotten queens of suspense

49. Polly Hope

50. Richard Hughes

51. Graham Joyce

52. Robert Klane

53. Thomas Nigel Kneale

54. Ronald Knox

55. Gavin Lambert

56. George Langelaan

The forgotten nonsense writers

57. Noel Langley

58. Marghanita Laski

59. Michael McDowell

60. John McGlashan

61. Juliane Maclaren-Ross

62. Richard Marsh

63. Arthur Mee

64. Gustav Meyer

65. Margaret Millar

The forgotten Booker authors

66. Clifford Mills

67. Gladys Mitchell

68. Brian Moore

69. J.B. Morton

70. Peter Nichols

71. Bill Naughton

72. Emma Orczy

73. Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett

74. Thomas Love Peacock

Forgotten for writing too little

and too much

75. Joyce Porter

76. David Pownall

77. Philippa Pullar

78. Barbara Pym

79. Richard Quittenton

80. T. Lobsang Rampa

81. Simon Raven

82. Maurice Richardson

The rediscovered forgotten authors

83. Arnold Ridley

84. Tom Robbins

85. Cynthia Propper Seton

86. Idries Shah

87. Richard Shaver

88. Matthew Phipps Shiel

89. Peter Tinniswood

Lost in translation: the forgotten world authors

90. Thomas Tryon

91. Arthur Upfield

92. Edgar Wallace

93. James Redding Ware

94. Keith Waterhouse

95. Winifred Watson

The justly forgotten authors

96. Dennis Wheatley

97. T.H. White

98. Kathleen Winsor

99. Cornell Woolrich

The last word

Acknowledgements

Index

Where were all the BAME writers?

100. William Melvin Kelley.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1786484900

9781786484901

OCLC:

1005695378

Publisher Number:

99983282566