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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) was a British writer known for his crime fiction.
Jan 21, 2018 · The godfather of Brit noir: cult crime writer Ted Lewis is due a renaissance. When he died in 1982, he was remembered in the literary world – if at all – solely as the man who “wrote that film with Michael Caine”.
- Benjamin Myers
Sep 29, 2008 · Ted Lewis, the man who wrote so convincingly about London-based gangsters, came of age in the same small North Lincolnshire town where he later went down in flames. Lewis continued to live in Barton-Upon-Humber while attending Hull College of Art, commuting across the Humber estuary via ferry.
Oct 21, 2017 · Written by Nick Triplow — Meticulous and thorough detective work is at the heart of this compelling and detailed biography of Ted Lewis, the Humberside author of nine novels, who was a huge influence on Brit Noir and remains so for leading names in crime fiction today.
- Tom Faulkner
Ted Lewis (1940 – 1982) was a British writer born in Manchester, an only child. After World War II the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in 1947. He had...
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- May 15, 1982
- January 15, 1940
To say Lewis should be more widely read and better known is an understatement. Subsequent generations of British crime writers owe a massive debt to him, whether acknowledged or not. This biography should go some way to changing that.
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In between falls a picture of the crime writer Ted Lewis perched on a stool at a cable-strewn film location in 1970, portable typewriter on his knees, cigarette on his lip, and a sardonically knowing look which says that after years of struggle, overnight success has finally arrived.
