Carter Brown
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Carter Brown, real name Alan Geoffrey Yates (1 August 1923 - 5 May 1985), was an Australian-British author of crime fiction
. He was born in London but moved to Australia in 1948. He started writing full time in 1953 and wrote at least 317 novels between 1958 and 1985, mostly crime and dective stories, selling tens of millions of copies. His books, published by Horwitz
and Signet, were set in the United States and published throughout the Anglo-phone world. They were very popular in Europe where they were translated into French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, German, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch. In Asia, some of the novels were translated into Thai.
Chill on Chili, Butterfly Nett, and Honky Tonk Homicide: (Horwitz)
Curves For A Coroner (Horwitz)
The Two-Timing Blonde (Horwitz)
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
. He was born in London but moved to Australia in 1948. He started writing full time in 1953 and wrote at least 317 novels between 1958 and 1985, mostly crime and dective stories, selling tens of millions of copies. His books, published by Horwitz
Horwitz
-People:*Bernhard Horwitz chess player*Brian Horwitz, American major league baseball outfielder* Harry Moses Horwitz, aka Moe Howard of the Three Stooges.* Jerome Lester Horwitz, aka Curly Howard of the Three Stooges....
and Signet, were set in the United States and published throughout the Anglo-phone world. They were very popular in Europe where they were translated into French, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Finnish, German, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch. In Asia, some of the novels were translated into Thai.
Novels
- Dead dolls don't cry : Widow is willing ; Blackmail for a brunette (Horwitz Publications)
- Zelda : and The wind-up doll (Horwitz Grahame, 1982, c1961)
- The scarlet flush (Horwitz, 1963)
- The brazen, and The stripper (Horwitz, 1981)
Chill on Chili, Butterfly Nett, and Honky Tonk Homicide: (Horwitz)
Curves For A Coroner (Horwitz)
The Two-Timing Blonde (Horwitz)
Autobiography
- Ready when you are, C.B.! : the autobiography of Alan Yates alias Carter Brown (Macmillan, 1983)
Criticism
- Toni Johnson-Woods, 'The Promiscuous Carter Brown', in JASAL Special Issue, The Colonial Present, 2008, pp. 163–183. Available online
External links
- Carter Brown biography and descriptions of his books
- Carter Brown at Fantasticfiction.co.uk
- Carter Brown at Internet Book List (incomplete bibliography)
- Carter Brown / Alan Yates, Caroline Farr etc... bibliographies 1-2 at Hard-Boiled site (Comprehensive Bibliographies by Vladimir)
- AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource