John Burke (Author)

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John Frederick Burke (born March 8, 1922 in Rye , East Sussex ; died September 20, 2011 in Kirkcudbright , Scotland ) was a British writer. He is the author of numerous novel versions of films and television series, as well as genre literature in the fields of science fiction , horror and crime , which has appeared under a number of pseudonyms . His German translations were published with the author's name Jonathan Burke .

Life

Burke was the son of Frederick Goode Burke, a police officer, and Lilian Gertrude, nee Sands. After attending Holt High School in Liverpool , he worked in London from 1955, first in production at Museum Press , from 1956 to 1959 as editor-in-chief at Books for Pleasure Group , then until 1963 in public relations at Shell . From 1963 to 1965 he was story editor in the European branch of Twentieth Century Fox , from 1965 freelance writer.

In the late 1930s, Burke was a member of the British SF fandom and had published stories in fanzines such as The Fantast . 1947 first novel, was published Swift Summer , for which he 1947 Atlantic Award in Literature of the Foundation Rockefeller received. First professional genre publications began in 1952 with the horror story The Lost Child , which appeared in Magpie magazine, its SF debut was in January 1953 with the publication of Crossroads in New Worlds . In the following years Burke wrote novels and short stories under a variety of pseudonyms, not in the SF genre as well as in the horror and weird fiction area , and there were also a few crime novels.

From the 1960s, novel versions were the focus. Burke wrote the “book about the film” for Blick zurück im Zorn , The Lion of Sparta , The Daring Men in Their Flying Chests , Chitti Chitti Bang Bang , Bandits on the Moon and numerous other films and TV series.

He also wrote a novel version for the Beatles film Yeah Yeah Yeah . In the 1970s, a three-volume series was published around the figure of Dr. Caspian, a detective in the realm of the psychic.

In addition to his fiction works, he also wrote a number of historical non-fiction books, texts for illustrated books and travel literature.

He was a member of the Crime Writers' Association , the Danish Club and the East Anglian Writers .

Burke was married to Joan Morris. The marriage ended in divorce in 1963. In the same year he married Jean Williams. He had seven children.

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Series

UFO (novel versions of the television series)
  • 1 Gerry Anderson's UFO (1970; also: UFO-1 Flesh Hunters , 1973)
  • 2 Gerry Anderson's UFO 2 (1971; also: UFO-2 Sporting Blood , 1973)
Jason King
  • Jason King (1972)
  • Kill Jason King (1972)
The Adventures of Dr. Caspian and Bronwen (novels)
  • 1 The Devil's Footsteps (1976)
  • 2 The Black Charade (1977)
  • 3 Ladygrove (1978)
  • 4 The Blackshore Dreamer (2012, short story in: Johnny Mains (Ed.): The Screaming Book of Horror )
Bill
  • The Bill (1985)
  • The Bill 2 (1987)
  • The Bill 3 (1989)
  • The Bill 4 (1990)
  • The Bill 5 (1991)
  • The Bill 6 (1992)
London's Burning
  • 1 London's Burning (1997)
  • 2 Blue Watch Blues (1995)
  • 3 Flashpoint (1995)
DI Lesley Gunn
  • 1 The Merciless Dead (2008)
  • 2 The Second Strain (2002)
  • 3 Death by Marzipan (2001)
  • 4 Wrong Turnings (2018)
  • 5 Bareback (1998)

Novels

  • Swift Summer (1949; as JF Burke)
  • The Outward Walls (1952)
  • The Dark Gateway (1953; as Jonathan Burke)
    • English: Gate of the Demons. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Bewin (novel from the year 2100), 1954. Also as: The white adepts. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Bewin SF # 1630, 1971.
  • The Echoing Worlds (1953; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: The last battle. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Bewin (novel from the year 2100), 1954. Also as: Battle in space. Translated by Heinrich F. Gottwald. Lehning Luna Utopia # 7, 1957.
  • Ambush At Lava Rock (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Billy the Kid (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • The Chisholm Trail (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Handsome Hellion (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Justice At Gyp Hills (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Kid Fury (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Kill or Be Killed (1953; as Russ Ames)
  • Twilight of Reason (1954)
    • German: Parasites. Translated by Walter Spiegl . Pabel (Utopia large volume # 16), 1955.
  • Hotel Cosmos (1954; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: Hotel Cosmos. Translated by Armin von Eichenberg. Widukind-Verlag, Balve iW 1960, DNB 450713776 .
  • The Caballero (1954; as Russ Ames)
  • Colt Cavalier (1954; as Russ Ames)
  • Drowned By Fire (1954; as Russ Ames)
  • The Echoing Worlds (1954; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: The last battle: novel from the year 2100. Translated by Heinrich Gottwald. Bewin, DNB 770148832 .
  • Pattern of Shadows (1954)
  • Deep Freeze (1955)
  • Revolt of the Humans (1955)
    • German: Revolte der Menschheit. Translated by Clark Darlton . Pabel (Utopia large volume # 38), 1956.
  • Private Satellite (2 parts in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 61 September 1955  ff.)
  • Gentle City (1955; as Russ Ames)
  • Revolt of the Humans (1955; as Jonathan Burke)
  • The Poison Cupboard (1956)
  • Pursuit Through Time (1956)
  • Fear By Instalments (1960)
  • Deadly Downbeat (1962; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: Three great days: crime novel. Translated by Ingrid von Blücher. Goldmanns Taschen-Krimi # 1215, Munich 1963, DNB 450713784 .
  • Guilty Party (1963)
    • German: Protocol of a night: detective novel. Based on the play by George Ross and Campbell Singer. Translated by Margitta de Hervás. Scherz (The black crime novels # 278), Bern, Munich and Vienna 1967, DNB 456240799 .
  • Dr. Terror's House of Horror (1965)
    • German: The death cards of Dr. Fright. Translated by Maria Lampus. Heyne books # 418, Munich 1966, DNB 456240780 .
  • That Magnificent Air Race (1965)
    • German: The air has no bars: The novel for the film “The daring men in their flying boxes”. Translation by Edmund Th. Kauer. Heyne books # 413, Munich 1966, DNB 456240810 .
  • Only the Ruthless Can Play (1965)
    • English: A game for tough men: detective novel. Translated by Hella Brackel. Goldmann pocket thriller # 2168, Munich 1966, DNB 456240845 .
  • Goodbye, Gillian (1966; as Jonathan Burke)
  • The Trap (1966)
    • German: Like a scream in the wind. Translated by Maria Lampus. Heyne books # 477, Munich 1967, DNB 456240829 .
  • The Weekend Girls (1966; as Jonathan Burke)
  • Dracula (1967)
  • Gossip to the Grave (1967; as Jonathan Burke)
  • The Jokers (1967; as Martin Sands)
  • Maroc 7 (1967; as Martin Sands)
  • Privilege (1967)
  • Till Death Us Do Part (1967)
  • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: House friends are also people. Translation by Dieter Heuler. According to the script by Alec Coppel and Denis Norden. Heyne books # 638, Munich 1969, DNB 456240772 .
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
  • Smashing Time (1968)
    • German: Great times. Written from the screenplay of the same name by George Melly. Translated by Alex Th. Anderson. Moewig-Taschenbücher # 56, Munich 1968, DNB 456240802 .
  • Someone Lying, Someone Dying (1968; as Jonathan Burke)
  • Moon Zero Two (1969)
  • Rob the Lady (1969; as Jonathan Burke)
  • The Smashing Bird I Used To Know (1969)
  • All the Right Noises (1970)
  • Four Stars for Danger (1970; as Jonathan Burke)
  • The Kill Dog (1970; as Jonathan George)
  • Strange Report (1970)
  • Dad's Army (1971)
  • Dead Letters (1972; as Jonathan George)
  • Expo 80 (1972)
  • The Adventurer (1973; as Robert Miall)
  • Darsham's Tower (1973; as Harriet Esmond)
  • Location Shots (1973; as JF Burke)
    • German: West Side Hotel: detective novel. Translated by Wulf Bergner . Goldmann-rote-Krimi # 4559, Munich and Wollerau / Switzerland 1976, ISBN 3-442-04559-2 .
  • The Protectors (1973; as Robert Miall)
  • Death Trick (1975; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: You don't kill king customer: detective novel. Translated by Tony Westermayr. Goldmann-rote-Krimi # 4567, Munich and Wollerau / Switzerland 1976, ISBN 3-442-04567-3 .
  • The Eyestones (1975; as Harriet Esmond)
  • Luke's Kingdom (1976)
  • The Florian Signet (1977; as Harriet Esmond)
  • The Kama Sutra Tango (1977; as Jonathan Burke)
    • English: Blow him over, Joe. Translated by Hardo Wichmann. Scherz-Action-Krimi # 694, Bern, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-502-55694-6 . Also as: ragtime for a murderer. Translated by Hardo Wichmann. Scherz-Krimis # 1403, Bern, Munich and Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-502-51403-8 .
  • Crazy Woman Blues (1978; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: With piano and pistol. Translated by Felix von Poellheim. Scherz-Action-Krimi # 729, Bern, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-502-55729-2 .
  • Kelly Among the Nightingales (1979; as Jonathan Burke)
    • German: Stitch in the wasp's nest. Translated by Simon Stein. Scherz-Action-Krimi # 762, Bern, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-502-55762-4 .
  • Prince Regent (1979)
  • King and Castle (1986)
  • Hang Time (2007)
  • The Golden Horns (2011)
  • The Old Man of the Stars (2011)
  • The Nightmare Whisperers: A Novel of Horror (2012)
  • Echo of Barbara (2013)
  • The Twisted Tongues (2013)
  • Dreams, Demons and Death (2014)
  • The Eye Stones (2018; with Jean Burke)

Collections

  • Alien Landscapes (1955)
  • Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
  • Exodus From Elysium (1965)
  • The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus (1966)
  • The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus (1967)
  • We've Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease (2000)
  • The Golden Horns: A Mystery Novel / Murder, Mystery, and Magic: Macabre Stories (2011)
  • The Old Man of the Stars (2011)
  • Dreams, Demons and Death (2014)
  • The Envied (2015)

Short stories

1939:

  • Citadel of Dreams (4 parts in: The Satellite, April 1939  ff .; with Charles Eric Maine , Frank D. Wilson and John Christopher )
  • Conversation in a Spaceship (in: The Fantast, September 1939 )

1941:

  • The Survivors (in: The Fantast, March 1941 ; with John Christopher)

1953:

  • Chessboard (in: New Worlds, # 19 January 1953 )
  • Golden Slumbers (in: New Worlds Science Fiction, # 20 March 1953 )
  • Cancel Tomorrow (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 34 (June) 1953 )
  • The Loneliest World (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 36 (August) 1953 )
  • Old Man of the Stars (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 38 (October) 1953 )
  • For You, the Possessed (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 40 December 1953 )
  • Time to Go Home (in: Science-Fantasy, v 2 # 6, Spring 1953 )

1954:

  • The Censors (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 41 January 1954 )
  • Detective Story (in: Science Fantasy, v 3 # 7, 1954 )
  • Stand-In (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 43 (March) 1954 )
  • The Gamble (in: New Worlds Science Fiction, # 23 May 1954 )
  • Once Upon a Time (in: Science Fantasy, May 1954 )
  • Asteroid Crusoe (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 49 September 1954 )
  • The Perfect Secretary (in: New Worlds Science Fiction, # 27 September 1954 )
  • The Envied (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 51 November 1954 )
  • Free Treatment (1954, in: The British Science Fiction Magazine, Vol 1 No 8 )

1955:

  • The Adjusters (in: Science Fantasy, April 1955 )
  • An Apple for the Teacher (1955, in: Nebula Science Fiction, Number 12 )
  • Personal Call (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 56 April 1955 )
  • Desirable Residence (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 58 (June) 1955 )
  • Let There Be Rain (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 60 (August) 1955 )
  • Job Analysis (in: Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, # 64 (December) 1955 )

1956:

  • The Eve of Waterloo (in: Authentic Science Fiction, # 69 (May) 1956 )

1957:

  • Fashion Me a Dream (in: Authentic Science Fiction, # 76 (January) 1957 )
  • The Recusants (in: Authentic Science Fiction, # 77 (February) 1957 )
  • Peter Preserved (in: Science Fantasy, August 1957 )

1958:

  • Color Bar (1958, in: Nebula Science Fiction, Number 27 )
  • The New Folks at Home (in: Science Fantasy, August 1958 )

1963:

  • When I Come Back (1963, in: New Worlds Science Fiction, December )

1965:

  • All Mad, Except Me (1965, in: John Burke: Exodus From Elysium )
  • Creeping Vine (1965, in: John Burke: Dr Terror's House of Horrors )
  • Disembodied Hand (1965, in: John Burke: Dr Terror's House of Horrors )
  • The Entity Strikes Twice (1965, in: John Burke: Exodus From Elysium )
  • Exodus from Elysium (1965, in: John Burke: Exodus From Elysium )
  • Party Games (1965, in: Herbert van Thal (Ed.): The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories )
  • The Robot Wife (1965, in: John Burke: Exodus From Elysium )
  • Vampires (1965, in: John Burke: Dr Terror's House of Horrors )
  • Voodoo (1965, in: John Burke: Dr Terror's House of Horrors )
  • Werewolf (1965, in: John Burke: Dr Terror's House of Horrors )

1966:

  • The Curse of Frankenstein (1966, in: John Burke: The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1966, in: John Burke: The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • The Gorgon (1966, in: John Burke: The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • Incubus for Hire (1966, in: Alex Hamilton (as Donald Speed) (Ed.): My Blood Ran Cold )
  • The Revenge of Frankenstein (1966, in: John Burke: The Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )

1967:

  • Dracula - Prince of Darkness (1967, in: John Burke: The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • The Lost Child (1967, in: Herbert van Thal (Ed.): Lie Ten Nights Awake )
  • The Plague of the Zombies (1967, in: John Burke: The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • Rasputin - The Mad Monk (1967, in: John Burke: The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )
  • The Reptile (1967, in: John Burke: The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus )

1968:

  • A Comedy of Terrors (1968, in: Herbert van Thal (Ed.): The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories )
  • Don't You Dare (1968, in: Alex Hamilton (Ed.): Splinters )

1969:

  • Be Our Guest (1969, in: John Burke: More Tales of Unease )
  • The Tourists (1969, in: Richard Davis (Ed.): Tandem Horror 3 )

1970:

  • The Provoker (in: Argosy (UK), December 1970 )
  • Casualty (1970, in: Rosemary Timperley (Ed.): The Sixth Ghost Book )

1971:

  • Flitting Tenant (1971, in: Rosemary Timperley (Ed.): The Seventh Ghost Book )

1972:

  • The Loiterers (1972, in: Rosemary Timperley (Ed.): The Eighth Ghost Book )

1973:

  • False Harmonic (1973, in: Rosemary Timperley (Ed.): The Ninth Ghost Book )

1974:

  • Leave of Absence (1974, in: Aidan Chambers (Ed.): The Tenth Ghost Book )

1975:

  • The Custodian (1975, in: Aidan Chambers (Ed.): The Eleventh Ghost Book )

1976:

  • And Cannot Come Again (1976, in: John Burke: New Tales of Unease )

1980:

  • Lucille Would Have Known (1980, in: Ramsey Campbell (Ed.): New Terrors 2 )

1992:

1997:

  • A Game of Consequences (1997, in: Andrew Haigh (Ed.): Scaremongers )
  • The Right Ending (1997)

2000:

  • The Calculated Nightmare (2000, in: John Burke: We've Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease )
  • Collaboration (2000, in: John Burke: We've Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease )
  • Handfast (2000, in: John Burke: We've Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease )
  • We've Been Waiting for You (2000, in: John Burke: We've Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease )

2002:

  • A Habit of Hating (2002, in: Stephen Jones and David Sutton (Eds.): Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror )

2004:

  • The Devil's Tritone (2004, in: Stephen Jones (Ed.): The Mammoth Book of Vampires )

2005:

  • The Bite of the Tawse (2005, in: Stephen Jones (Ed.): Don't Turn Out the Light )

2010:

  • Acute Rehab (2010, in: Johnny Mains (Ed.): Back from the Dead: The Legacy of The Pan Book of Horror Stories )
  • Corrected Proofs (2010, in: Stephen Jones (Ed.): Brighton Shock! )
  • The Stare (2010, in: Johnny Mains (Ed.): Back from the Dead: The Legacy of The Pan Book of Horror Stories )

2011:

  • Agent's Cut (2011, in: John Burke: The Golden Horns: A Mystery Novel / Murder, Mystery, and Magic: Macabre Stories )
  • The Lorelei Hunger (2011, in: John Burke: The Golden Horns: A Mystery Novel / Murder, Mystery, and Magic: Macabre Stories )
  • Please Put Me in a Book (2011, in: John Burke: The Golden Horns: A Mystery Novel / Murder, Mystery, and Magic: Macabre Stories )
  • The Svengali Variations (2011, in: John Burke: The Golden Horns: A Mystery Novel / Murder, Mystery, and Magic: Macabre Stories )

2014:

  • Miss Mouse and Mrs. Mouse (2014, in: John Burke: Dreams, Demons and Death )
  • Poor Cora (2014, in: John Burke: Dreams, Demons and Death )

Anthologies

  • Tales of Unease (1966)
  • More Tales of Unease (1969)
  • New Tales of Unease (1976)

Non-fiction

  • Suffolk (1971)
  • England in color (1974)
  • Sussex (1974)
  • English villages (1975)
  • Beautiful Britain (1976)
  • Czechoslovakia (1976)
  • Suffolk in photographs (1976)
  • Historic Britain (1977)
  • Life in the villa in Roman Britain (1978)
  • Life in the castle in medieval England (1979)
  • The English Inn (1981)
  • The Sorcerers (2013)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Today the Childwall Sports and Science Academy , Liverpool.
personal data
SURNAME Burke, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burke, John Frederick (full name); Anthon, Kerbu (pseudonym); Burke, JF (alternative spelling); Burke, Jonathan (pseudonym); Burke, Jonathan F. (pseudonym); Burke, John F. (alternative spelling); Burke, J. (alternative spelling); Burke, John P. (pseudonym); Burke, Johnny (pseudonym); Ames, Russ (pseudonym); Anthon, Kerbu (pseudonym); Esmond, Harriet (pseudonym); George, Jonathan (pen name); Miall, Robert (pseudonym); Sands, Martin (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Rye , East Sussex
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 2011
Place of death Kirkcudbright , Scotland