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James McClure

AKA James Howe McClure

Born: 9-Oct-1939
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist, Journalist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: British mystery novelist

Wife: Lorelee Ellis (m. 1962, two sons, one daughter)

    High School: Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg (1955-58)

Author of books:
The Steam Pig (1971, novel)
The Caterpillar Cop (1972, novel)
Four and Twenty Virgins (1973, novel)
The Gooseberry Fool (1974, novel)
Snake (1975, novel)
Rogue Eagle (1976, novel)
The Sunday Hangman (1977, novel)
The Blood of an Englishman (1980, novel)
Spike Island: Portrait of a British Police Division (1980, nonfiction)
The Artful Egg (1984, novel)
Cop World: Inside an American Police Force (1984, nonfiction)
Imago: A Modern Comedy of Errors (1988, novel)
The Song Dog (1991, novel)





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