Leon Garfield
Leon Garfield (* July 14 1921 in Brighton, Sussex, England; † June 2, 1996 in London) was a British novelist and screenwriter.
Life
In his youth, Garfield studied art, which was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. He served in the British Army Medical Corps, was stationed in Belgium and met Vivien Alcock, whom he later married. She was also children's book author. After the war, Garfield worked as a technician in a laboratory of Biochemistry at a London hospital and wrote in his spare books. In the 1960s, he was so successful that he became self-employed.
Garfield wrote several screenplays for Shakespeare 's beloved film adaptations. Garfield's first book, the pirate story Jack Holborn, appeared in 1964.
Works (excerpt)
- Deceived deceiver
- The mystery of the broken clock
- The stranger in the mist (1966, original title: Devil- in-the -Fog )
- The spirits Pact
- Among the buccaneers
- Conspiracy on the Thames
- How the hell was that with Adelaide Harris? (1971)
Films
Devil- in-the -Fog was filmed for television. Black Jack was made into a film by Ken Loach 1968.