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Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978). His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford. After a brief spell of teaching, he became a full-time writer and composer (particularly of film music.
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English crime writer and composer. Under this pen name (taken from a character in Michael Innes’s Hamlet, Revenge!), Montgomery wrote nine detective novels and two collections of short stories. The stories feature Oxford don Gervase Fen, who is a Professor of English at the University and […]
Nov 23, 2011 · Music composer Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), who as Edmund Crispin wrote eight glitteringly witty and amusing detective novels between 1944 and 1951 (as well as, with Geoffrey Bush, a fellow composer and the son of detective novelist Christopher Bush, the classic short story "Who Killed Baker?") is the subject of a fine 2007 biography by David Whittle, Director of Music at Leicester Grammar ...
Edmund Crispin (1921-78) was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (usually credited as Bruce Montgomery), an English crime writer and composer. Montgomery…
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978). His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford.
Oct 24, 2017 · Under the pseudonym of Edmund Crispin he enjoyed equal success as an author, writing nine highly acclaimed detective novels and a number of short crime stories, as well as compiling anthologies of science fiction which helped to increase the profile of the genre.
Jan 1, 2008 · David Whittle takes this metaphor as the starting point of his biography of Bruce Montgomery (1921-78), who is perhaps best known for his detective fiction, written under the nom de plume 'Edmund ...
