Alan Scholefield

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Alan Scholefield, 1987

Alan Scholefield (born January 15, 1931 in Cape Town ) is a South African journalist and writer.

Life

Scholefield graduated from Queen's College in Queenstown . Immediately afterwards he began to study at the University of Cape Town ; u. a. English literature . In 1951 Scholefield was able to successfully complete his studies.

He then got a job as a journalist for the English-language daily newspapers The Cape Times and The Cape Argus . During this time he married and also tried to make a name for himself as a writer. Scholefield settled in Spain with his wife and lived there until his divorce in 1960. In addition to his journalistic work, he wrote many stories and essays for English and US magazines during these years.

In 1962 Scholefield married the Australian writer Anthea Goddard and settled in London . There he had his literary breakthrough in 1966 with his debut novel A View of Vultures (The Hyenas).

At present (2012) lives Scholefield along with his wife and three daughters in the county of Hampshire .

reception

In addition to his standalones, Scholefield also published two series of novels. The Marcrae & Silver series is about George Macrae and Leo Silver, two police officers from London. The trilogy Dr. Anne Vernon is about her life and adventures as a prison doctor. In addition, many standalones were created, which were well received by the public as well as by the official literary criticism.

Much praise was given to Scholefield's work The Dark Kingdoms , in which he dealt extensively with the kingdoms of Benin , Congo and Lesotho . Scholefield's work for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) did not have much success . Scholefield also wrote some novels under the pseudonym Lee Jordan .

Works

As Alan Scholefield

George Macrae & Leo Silver novels
  • Dirty Weekend . London 1990.
  • Thief taker . London 1991.
  • Never Die in January . London 1992.
  • Threat & Menaces . London 1993.
  • Don't be a nice girl. A novel . Macmillan, London 1994, ISBN 0-333-63000-9 .
  • Night moves. A Macrae and Silver Novel . Macmillan, London 1996, ISBN 0-333-66229-6 .
Dr. Anne Vernon trilogy
Poetry
  • Beneath the White Heaven . London 1991 (with Sara Dunn).
Standalones
  • A View of Vultures . London 1966.
  • Great Elephant . London 1967.
    • German: Zulu, wild sky. Novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1987, ISBN 3-548-21032-5 (reprint of the Vienna 1969 edition).
  • The Eagles of Malice . London 1968.
  • Wild dog running . London 1970.
  • The Young Masters . London 1971.
  • The Hammer of God . London 1973.
    • German: The hammer of God. Adventure novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1984, ISBN 3-548-21004-X .
  • Lion in the Evening . London 1974.
  • The Alpha Raid . London 1976.
  • Venom . London 1977.
  • Point of Honor . London 1979.
  • Berlin blind . London 1980.
    • German: Terror in Berlin. Detective novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1984, ISBN 3-548-10233-6 .
  • The Stone Flower . London 1988.
  • The Sea Cave . London 1983.
  • Fire in the ice. A novel . Hamish Hamilton Press, London 1984, ISBN 0-241-11347-4 .
  • King of the Golden Valley . London 1985.
    • German: King in the golden valley. Novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1987, ISBN 3-548-21066-X .
  • The Last Safari . London 1987.
  • The Lost Giants . Hamish Hamilton Press, London 1989, ISBN 0-241-12472-7 .
  • Loyalties . Chapmans, London 1991, ISBN 1-855-92046-8 .
  • Night Child . Chapmans, London 1992, ISBN 1-855-92078-6 .
  • The Drowning Mark . Pan Books, London 1998, ISBN 0-330-34747-0 .
Non-fiction
  • The Dark Kingdoms. The Impact of White Civilization on the Three Great African Monarchies . Morrow Publ., New York 1975, ISBN 0-688-02958-2 .

As Lee Jordan

  • Cat's eyes . London 1981.
    • German: cat eyes . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-548-10645-5 (together with Anthea Goddard).
  • Criss Cross . London 1984.
    • German: traces in the dark. Detective novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-548-10668-4 .
  • The Deadly Side of the Square . London 1988.
    • German: broker of death. Detective novel . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-548-10698-6 .
  • The Toy Cupboard . Macmillan, London 1989, ISBN 0-333-49876-3 .
  • Chain reaction . Macmillan, London 1989, ISBN 0-333-51790-3 .

Film adaptations

  • Piers Haggard (Director): Venom (based on Scholefield's novel of the same name Silent and Deadly ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Dirty Weekend” is the first volume in the Silver & Macrae cycle, “Night moves” is its prequel.
  2. ↑ for the US domestic market this work was published under the title Poetry for the earth in 1992 .
  3. ↑ The German editions name Alan Scholefield as the authors.

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personal data
SURNAME Scholefield, Alan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town