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John Blackburn was born in 1923 in the village of Corbridge, England, the second son of a clergyman. He started attending Haileybury College near London in 1937, but his education was interrupted by the onset of World War II; the shadow of the war, and that of Nazi Germany, would later play a role in many of his works.
Richmond, London, England. Occupation. Bookseller. Nationality. British. Genre. Thrillers, horror, historical fiction. John Fenwick Anderson Blackburn (26 June 1923 – 1993) was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, and horror novels. Blackburn was described as "today's Master of Horror" by The Times Literary Supplement.
Returning to London in 1952, he took over the management of Red Lion Books. It was there that Blackburn began writ. It was there that Blackburn began writing, and the immediate success in 1958 of his first novel, A Scent of New-Mown Hay, led him to take up a career as a writer full time. He and his wife also maintained an antiquarian bookstore ...
John Blackburn (1923-1993), the author of twenty-eight bestselling thrillers, has been hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as ‘today's master of horror.’ In his classic Children of the Night (1966), reprinted here for the first time in 40 years, Blackburn updates medieval legends and folklore to create a bone-chilling tale of modern-day horror that is among his very best.
When eminent bacteriologist Sir Marcus Levin is asked to consult on the case, Elsie accuses him of the crime, pointing at him and screaming "Devil Daddy " Then... When a veteran book dealer pays an exorbitant sum at auction for a copy of Men of Courage, a worthless book about famous heroic deeds, his colleagues believe he has lost his mind.
John Blackburn (1932–2022) Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge. In 2006, by then aged 74, a group of Blackburn’s steadfast admirers assisted his return, supporting him in a major retrospective at the Metropole Galleries, Folkestone. He has subsequently held a number of successful shows in the UK and New Zealand, and in late 2013 ...
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Sep 14, 2022 · So says John Blackburn, who is celebrating his ninetieth birthday with his seventh exhibition at Mayfair gallery Osborne Samuel (September 8 – 23). The first of these was in 2007, a year after Blackburn re-emerged from obscurity after a 28-year hiatus from the art world, during which the artist had followed another career path to support his family, after a successful early career in both ...
