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Elleston Trevor
1920-1995

Elleston Trevor’s novels, plays, and short stories range from light, witty mysteries to dramas, usually about ordinary individuals experiencing extraordinary situations. To cover a wide diversity of subject matter Elleston wrote under various pseudonyms: Adam Hall, Trevor Burgess, Roger Fitzalan, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Caesar Smith, Howard North, Warwick Scott, and even a woman’s name, Leslie Stone. Elleston is best known for his classic, The Flight of the Phoenix, and for his nineteen novels about a spy named Quiller. In 1966, The Quiller Memorandum won the Edgar award for the best mystery of the year. The Flight of the Phoenix and Quiller Memorandum both became major motion pictures. The author was born Trevor Dudley Smith in London on February 17, 1920. He died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on July 21, 1995.
Titles
Quiller: A Profile and Bury Him Among Kings: Intimate Glimpses of the Life and Work of Elleston Trevor by Chaille Trevor
writing as Adam Hall
writing as Elleston Trevor
REDFERN'S MIRACLE
GALE FORCE
THE PASANG RUN
NIGHT STOP
THE PILLARS OF MIDNIGHT
THE KILLING GROUND
DEATHWATCH
CHORUS OF ECHOES
A BLAZE OF ROSES
TIGER STREET
THE PASSION AND THE PITY
THE BIG PICK-UP
THE BILLBOARD MADONNA
THE BURNING SHORE
THE SHOOT
THE FREEBOOTERS
A PLACE FOR THE WICKED
BLUE JAY SUMMER
THE SIBLING
THE SISTER
THE THETA SYNDROME
FLYCATCHER
Hugo Bishop mystery series
writing as Adam Hall
ROOK'S GAMBIT
Awards
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Edgar Allen Poe Award (MWA), Best Novel, THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
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Grand Prix de Littérature Policière (France), THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
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Prix Goncourt Award, 1944


