Larry Allan Morse
Larry Allan Morse , more often L. A. Morse, (born July 30, 1945 ) is an American writer and sculptor .
Life
Morse grew up in Los Angeles . He attended the University of California Berkeley and San Francisco State College and earned two degrees in English.
At the end of the 1960s he moved to Toronto , where he worked briefly in educational television and for five years as an administrator at the University of Toronto . After extensive travels through Southeast Asia , he wrote the novel The Flesh Eaters . He was inspired by the true story of Sawney Beane and his family.
Morse wrote four other detective novels. Including The Old Dick , with which he won an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America . He is also said to have been instrumental in the publication of An Old-Fashioned Mystery , the lost masterpiece by author Runa Fairleigh.
He switched to a different medium with the release of Video Trash and Treasures , a two-volume guide to those obscure and bizarre films of the 1980s. Since around 1990 Morse has worked primarily as a visual artist , especially as a sculptor .
Works
Detective novels
- 1979: The Flesh Eaters
- 1981: The Old Dick (German old brooms sweep well . Heyne, Munich 1983, ISBN 978-3-453-10625-3 )
- 1983: An Old Fashioned Mystery
- 1985: Sleaze: a Sam Hunter mystery
- 1991: The Big Enchilada
Others
- 1984: White pine: Ontario celebrates its history
- 1989: Video Trash and Treasures
Awards
- 1982: Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel category as an original paperback for The Old Dick
- 1984: Maltese Falcon Award for The Old Dick
Web links
- Goodreaads.com via Larry Allan Morse (accessed March 4, 2020)
- Col's Criminal Library via Larry Allan Morse (accessed March 4, 2020)
Evidence, comments
- ^ Date of birth according to Library Booklists.org
- ↑ The HSW Literary Agency : "Dirty Harry looks like Mother Teresa"
- ↑ It is unclear whether Runa Fairleigh is an author, co-author or L. A. Morse co-author or Runa Fairleigh is a pseudonym he used or just a play on words .
- ↑ According to goodreads , it is a pseudonym of L A. Morse
- ↑ Scene of the Crime Book writes: Author: Fairleigh, Runa aka LA Morse , also pseudonym of Morse
- ↑ Col's Criminal Library dated December 8, 2015, supports word play theory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morse, Larry Allan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Morse, LA |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1945 |