Author Description

About the Author John Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.John Creasey was the seventh of nine children born to Joseph Creasey, a coachmaker, and Ruth Creasey. They were very poor, and John suffered a bout of polio, resulting in his not learning to walk until he was six. He was ten when a schoolmaster suggested he had a gift for writing. He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1946 for services in the United Kingdom's National Savings Movement during World War II. He wrote over 565 books under 25 pseudonyms. Product Description Available to download for the first time, The Gideon of Scotland Yard Series by JJ Marric (pseudonym of Grand Master John Creasey).George Gideon, with his courage, his integrity, and old-fashioned common sense, is surely the finest of all British policemen. Rape and murder, sex and violence, petty misdemeanours, and vast conspiracies; against all these faces of evil strives George Gideon, tireless upholder of good and justice.John Creasey (1908-1973) published over 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. In 1969 he was given the Mystery Writers of America's highest Honour, the Grand Master award.