Michael Jecks

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Michael Jecks (* 1960 in Surrey ) is a British author of historical crime novels.

Life

Jecks is the son of an actuary and the youngest of four brothers. Before he decided to become a full-time writer through a layoff in 1994, he worked in the computer industry. He lives with his wife, daughter and son in north Dartmoor in South West England.

Jecks wrote a series of novels about Sir Baldwin Furnshill, a former Knight Templar and his friend Simon Puttock, the captor of Lydford Castle. Michael Jecks recently founded The Medieval Murderers. A group of historical writers, entertainers and speakers consisting of himself, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson, Susanna Gregory, Phillip Gooden and CJ Sansom . Each member of the group works on their own books, which appear as thematically related novels under the brand The Medieval Murderers.

As a member of the Society of Authors and Royal Society of Literature , Jecks was chairman of the Crime Writers' Association from 2004-2005. In 2005 he became a member of the Detection Club. Since 1998 he has organized the “CWA Debut Dagger” competition twice, in which unpublished authors could win their first contracts. One of the winners is Allan Guthrie. In other years Jecks was a jury member for the CWA / Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award three times.

Michael Jecks is a speaker at literary festivals and historical meetings where he speaks with Ian Mortimer, a historian and also a member of The Medieval Murderers.

Publications

Works in English

Knights Templar Mysteries

  1. The Last Templar (March 1995)
  2. The Merchant's Partner (November 1995)
  3. Moorland Hanging (May 1996)
  4. The Crediton Killings (June 1997)
  5. The Abbot's Gibbet (April 1998)
  6. The Leper's Return (November 1998)
  7. Squire Throwleigh's Heir (June 1999)
  8. Belladonna at Belstone (December 1999)
  9. The Traitor of St. Giles (May 2000)
  10. The Boy Bishop's Glovemaker (December 2000)
  11. The Tournament of Blood (June 2001)
  12. The Sticklepath Strangler (November 2001)
  13. The Devil's Acolyte (June 2002)
  14. The Mad Monk of Gidleigh (December 2002)
  15. The Templar's Penance (June 2003)
  16. The Outlaws of Ennor (January 2004)
  17. The Tolls of Death (May 2004)
  18. The Chapel of Bones (December 2004)
  19. The Butcher of St Peter's (May 2005)
  20. A Friar's Bloodfeud (June 2006)
  21. The Death Ship of Dartmouth (November 2006)
  22. The Malice of Unnatural Death (December 2006)
  23. Dispensation of Death (June 2007)
  24. The Templar, The Queen and Her Lover (December 2007)
  25. The Prophecy of Death (June 2008)
  26. The King of Thieves (November 2008)
  27. No Law in the Land (June 2009)
  28. The Bishop Must Die (November 2009)
  29. The Oath (2010)
  30. The King's Gold (2011)
  31. City of Fiends (June 7, 2012)
  32. Templar's Acre (September 2013)

The Medieval Murderers

  1. The Tainted Relic (May 2005)
  2. Sword of Shame (June 2006)
  3. House of Shadows (June 2007)
  4. The Lost Prophecies (June 2008)
  5. King Arthur's Bones (2009)
  6. Sacred Stone (2010)

Works in German translation

  1. The Last Knight Templar (2001)
  2. Sir Baldwin and the Wefford Witch (2001)
  3. Sir Baldwin and the Headless (2002)
  4. Sir Baldwin and the Murderer on the Bog (2002)
  5. Sir Baldwin and the Beautiful Dead (2002)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Medieval West Country Mysteries by Michael Jecks

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Jecks, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author of historical crime novels
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Surrey