Barry Perowne

William Philip Atkey (1908–1985) better known under the pseudonym Barry Perowne, was an English writer, best known for his crime fiction.^[1] Atkey also published books under his own name and under the pseudonym Pat Merriman.^[2]

Life

Atkey, a nephew of the writer Bertram Atkey,^[1] was born on 25 June 1908 in Downton in the New Forest area of Wiltshire, England. He was educated at St John's College, Portsmouth.^[3] By agreement with the E W Hornung Estate, he continued the A. J. Raffles series after its creator E. W. Hornung's death.^[2] He was invited to do so in 1932, and after World War II regularly published in Ellery Queen's Magazine, The Saint Magazine and John Bull.^[1]

Atkey also wrote other stories with his own characters.^[2]

An amateur cricketer, Atkey played for the Somerset Stragglers. He died in Marbella on 24 December 1985.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Obituary: Barry Perowne". The Times. 23 January 1986. p. 18.
^ ^a ^b ^c Frank Occhiogrosso (1991). "Perowne, Barry". In Lesley Henderson (ed.). Twentieth-century crime and mystery writers. St. James Press. pp. 841–2. ISBN 978-1-55862-031-5.
^ Cradled In History: the History of St John's College by Michael Magan, 1974.

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[Times-1] "Obituary: Barry Perowne". The Times. 23 January 1986. p. 18.

[Henderson1991-2] Frank Occhiogrosso (1991). "Perowne, Barry". In Lesley Henderson (ed.). Twentieth-century crime and mystery writers. St. James Press. pp. 841–2. ISBN 978-1-55862-031-5.

[3] Cradled In History: the History of St John's College by Michael Magan, 1974.

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