Alan Judd Biography

Alan Judd (born 1946) is a pseudonym used by Alan Edwin Petty. Born in 1946, he is a former soldier and diplomat who now works as a security *yst and writer in the United Kingdom. He writes both books and articles, regularly contributing to a number of publications, including The Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and The Oldie. His books include both fiction and non-fiction *les, with his novels often drawing on his military background.

Fiction *les

Charles Thoroughgood novels:

  • A Breed of Heroes (1981 - adapted by Charles Wood as a BBC television film in 1996)
  • Legacy (2001)
  • Uncommon Enemy (2012)
  • Inside Enemy (2014)
  • Deep Blue (2017)
  • Accidental Agent (2019)
  • Queen and Country (2022)

Other novels:

  • Short of Glory (1984)
  • The Noonday Devil (1987)
  • Tango (1989)
  • The Devil's Own Work (1991)
  • The Kaiser's Last Kiss (2003)
  • Dancing with Eva (2006)
  • Slipstream (2015)
  • Shakespeare's Sword (2018)
  • A Fine Madness (2021)

Non fiction *les

  • Ford Madox Ford (1990)
  • First World War Poets (Character Sketches) (1997)
  • The Quest for C: Mansfield *ming And the Founding of the Secret Service (1999)

Awards

  • A Breed of Heroes won the 1981 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted and became runner-up in the 1981 Booker Prize.
  • In 1991, he won the Guardian Fiction Award for his book The Devil's Own Work.

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