James Morgan Walsh

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James Morgan Walsh (born February 23, 1897 in Geelong , Victoria , † August 29, 1952 in Weston-super-Mare , Somerset ) was an Australian writer.

Life

Walsh was the son of businessman Thomas Patrick Walsh and his wife Kate Morgan. After attending elementary school in his hometown, he briefly attended Xavier College in Melbourne . He left this again in 1912 to work in his father's business.

His first literary attempts also come from this time. In 1922 Walsch settled in Melbourne with his family. Encouraged by his attempts at writing, from 1923 he devoted himself only to writing.

On January 1, 1925, Walsh married Louisa Mary Murphy at St. Joseph's Church in Port Melbourne . With her he had two children, a daughter and a son. The honeymoon took her to England and was also an emigration. Walsh settled in London with his wife . Between 1927 and 1929 they visited their old home again. In 1938, Walsh and his family settled in Weston-super-Mare. He died at the age of 55 on August 29, 1952, where he found his final resting place.

reception

As early as 1913, Walsh made his successful debut as a writer with a short story; In 1921 he was able to publish his first novel. Walsh's oeuvre ranges from crime and espionage novels to pure adventure and SF novels .

He published nearly sixty books under his own name. He also used the pseudonyms H. Haverstock Hill , Jack Carew and George M. White . Under the first he wrote five and under the second Jack Carew three crime novels.

His audience loved him and the official literary criticism saw him as " Edward Phillips Oppenheim or Edgar Wallace of Australia". He was also compared to Louis Becke and Beatrice Grimshaw .

Works (selection)

As James Morgan Walsh

  • The white mask. Detective novel ("The white mask", 1925). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1953 (reprint of the Berlin 1937 edition).
  • Three hairpins. Detective novel ("The Hairpin Mystery", 1926). German publisher, Berlin 1938.
  • Men in the dark. Detective novel ("The Company of Shadows", 1926). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1953 (reprint of the 1930 edition).
  • The green eyes (“The images of Hân”, 1927). Goldring-Verlag, Papenburg 1954 (former title secret number 10 ).
  • Murder in the cinema. Detective novel ("The mystery of the crystal skull", 1927). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954 (reprint of the 1932 edition).
  • The man from Harek. Detective novel ("The crimes of Cleopatra's needle"). Goldring-Verlag, Papenburg 1954.
  • The black cross. Detective novel ("The black cross", 1928). Schildhorn-Verlag, Berlin 19934.
  • Death in the bus. Detective novel ("The green caterpillars", 1929). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954 (reprint of the Berlin 1933 edition).
  • The black ghost. Detective novel ("The black ghost", 1930). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954 (former title Shots in the Night ).
  • Die Simeon Hex. Detective novel ("Exit Simeon Hex", 1930). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954 (former title Simeon Hex ).
  • The man behind the curtain. Detective novel ("The man behind the curtain", 1931). Goldring-Verlag, Papenburg 1955 (reprint of the Berlin 1932 edition).
  • The lady with the blue veil. Detective novel ("The bandits of the Night", 1932). Schildhorn-Verlag, Berlin 1935.
  • The fog bandits. Detective novel ("Lady Incognito", 1932). Goldmann, Munich 1953 (reprint of the Leipzig 1935 edition).
  • Behind that wall. Detective novel ("The Secret Service Girl", 1933). Schildhorn-Verlag, Berlin 1935.
  • The secret courier. Detective novel ("King's Messenger", 1933). Goldmann, Leipzig 1934.
  • Next please. Detective novel ("Time to kill", 1949). Amsel-Verlag, Berlin 1954.

As Stephen Maddock

  • A woman of destiny . Collins, London 1933.
  • The white siren . Collins, London 1934.
  • Gentlemen of the night . Collins, London 1934.
  • Danger after dark . Collins, London 1934.
  • Conspirators in Capri (The Albatross Mystery Club; 406). Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1937.
  • The eye at the keyhole . Collins, London 1935.
  • Conspirators three . Collins, London 1936.
  • Forbidden frontiers . Collins, London 1936.
  • Conspirators at Large . Collins, London 1937.
  • Lamp post 592 . Collins, London 1938.

As H. Haverstock Hill

  • Anne of the Flying Gap . Hodder, London 1926.
  • Spoil of the desert . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1927.
  • The golden Isle . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1928.
  • Golden Harvest . Hodder & Stoughton, London 1929.
  • The secret of the crater . Hurst & Blackett, London 1930.

As Jack Carew

  • The Leather Glove . London 1927.
  • The secret of the Stargazers' Club . London 1931.
  • The Silver Idol . London 1931.

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personal data
SURNAME Walsh, James Morgan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maddock, Stephen (pen name); Hill, H. Haverstock (pseudonym); Carew, Jack (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Geelong , Victoria
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1952
Place of death Weston-super-Mare , Somerset