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Born in England in either 1909 or 1911 of Russo-Polish origins, educated at a London secondary school. Before making a career as writer, worked as travelling salesman, wrestler, night-club proprietor, cinema manager, banker's assistant, labourer, bodyguard, bookmaker's clerk, debt collector and barman. First book "Jews and Jehovah" 1934. Several more novels, and many short-stories followed; began to gain reputation as one of the leading short-story writers of period.At start of WWII joined Coldstream Guards, writing column for a London newspaper while in training. Next book, "They Die With Their Boots Clean", written around the Guards training and tradition, became instant success. At the same time was writing regualr weekly article for a Sunday paper, several radio programs dealing with war subjects, and several propaganda films. After the war wrote "The Dead Look On", dealing with Lidice massacre, and more novels dealing with the more war, or with fantasy or science-fiction elements. Short-story output continued, again often containg fantasy or sf matters.

(1968) Short-story collection: &quot;Nightshade &amp; Damnations&quot;.

(1955) Short-story collection: &quot;Men Without Bones&quot;.

(1947) Short-story collection: &quot;Sad Road to the Sea&quot;.

(1944) Short-story collection: &quot;The Horrible Dummy and Other Stories&quot;.

(1945) Novel: &quot;The Weak and the Strong&quot;.

(1944) Novel: &quot;Faces in a Dusty Picture&quot;.

(1953) Novel: &quot;The Great Wash&quot; (aka &quot;The Secret Masters&quot;).

(1934) Book: &quot;Jews Without Jehovah&quot;.

(1942) Book: &quot;They Died With Their Boots Clean&quot;.

(1943) Book: &quot;The Dead Look On&quot;.

(1938) Novel: &quot;Night and the City&quot;. NOTE: Filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0105001/?ref_=nmwrk">Night and the City (1992)</a>, <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0042788/?ref_=nmwrk">Night and the City (1950)</a>.

Story: &quot;Umpity Poo&quot;. NOTE: Filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0036204/?ref_=nmwrk">Nine Men (1943)</a>.

(1/36) Short Story: &quot;The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard&quot;.

(1936) Novel: &quot;Men Are So Ardent&quot;.

(9/36) Story: &quot;The House of Relish&quot;.

(4/37) Short Story: &quot;The Scar&quot;.

(1948) Novel: &quot;The Song of the Flea&quot;.

(1966) Novel: &quot;The Angel and the Cuckoo&quot;.

(1939) Short story collection: &quot;I Got References&quot;.

(1957) Novel: &quot;Fowler&#39;s End&quot;.

(1958) Short story: &quot;The Secret of the Bottle&quot;. NOTE: Won the Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America..

(1961) Novel: &quot;The Implacable Hunter&quot;.

(1950) Novel: &quot;The Thousand Deaths of Mr. Small&quot;.

(1947) Novel: &quot;Prelude to a Certain Midnight&quot;.

(1965) Novel: &quot;A Long, Cool Day in Hell&quot;.

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