Alan Judd
Alan Judd | |
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| Birth name | Alan Edwin Petty |
| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Other work | Diplomat, security analyst, and writer |
Alan Judd (born 1946) is a pseudonym used by Alan Edwin Petty.[1] Born in 1946, he is a former soldier and diplomat who now works as a security analyst and writer in the United Kingdom. He writes both books and articles, regularly contributing to a number of publications, including The Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and The Oldie. His books include both fiction and non-fiction titles, with his novels often drawing on his military background.
Fiction Titles
Charles Thoroughgood novels:
- A Breed of Heroes (1981 - adapted by Charles Wood as a BBC television film in 1996)
- Legacy (2001)
- Uncommon Enemy (2012)
- Inside Enemy (2014)
- Deep Blue (2017)
- Accidental Agent (2019)
- Queen and Country (2022)
Other novels:
- Short of Glory (1984)
- The Noonday Devil (1987)
- Tango (1989)
- The Devil's Own Work (1991)
- The Kaiser's Last Kiss (2003)
- Dancing with Eva (2006)
- Slipstream (2015)
- Shakespeare's Sword (2018)
- A Fine Madness (2021)
Non fiction Titles
- Ford Madox Ford (1990)
- First World War Poets (Character Sketches) (1997)
- The Quest for C: Mansfield Cumming And the Founding of the Secret Service (1999)[2]
Awards
- A Breed of Heroes won the 1981 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted and became runner-up in the 1981 Booker Prize.
- In 1991, he won the Guardian Fiction Award for his book The Devil's Own Work.
References
- ^ Project MUSE - An Interview with Alan Judd Retrieved 2012-01-02.
- ^ Kieffer, George C. (June 2000). "The Quest For C: Mansfield Cumming and the founding of the Secret Service". RUSI Journal. 145 (3): 75–76. eISSN 1744-0378. ISSN 0307-1847. ProQuest 212131452. Retrieved 3 August 2022 – via ProQuest.
External links
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