 | Another 3 entries for The Squad today (2 American - both deceased, and 1 British - a couple), bringing its numbers to 445. One entry is a couple team writing together, so they count as one for The Squad. That's 445 cops and ex-cops (and other law enforcement types, plus some PIs) who have taken to writing crime fiction. You won't get more realistic crime tales than those from this Squad! We have joining us today: 1. Michael Carey (pseudonym for Edward J. Burton) who served with the NYPD. He is deceased, although there is no date available. His novels were published in the 1950s. 2. Gareth and Louise Ward - our couple crime writing team - who both served as officers in the UK, Northamptonshire Police and Nottingham Police respectively. They now live in New Zealand. 3. Ann Rule (deceased in 2015) who served with the Seattle PD in the USA. She is very well known for dozens of true crime books, but she did one crime fiction novel. Our Squad now consists of: 300 American, 76 British, 19 Australian, 18 Canadian, 5 French, 4 New Zealander, 3 Finnish, 2 Dutch, 2 Swedish, 2 Irish, 1 Bahamian, 1 Norwegian, 1 Danish 1 Italian, 1 Czech, 1 Russian, 1 Hungarian, 1 Spaniard, 1 Pakistani, 1 Chinese, 1 Brazilian, 1 Indian, 2 "International" (listed as this due to current serving officer requirements) I'll keep adding more as I come across them, and if you know of any others please feel free to drop me a line. Check out The Squad: Also: Cops Writing Crime And please remember, my list is only for CRIME FICTION - not all the true crime and/or memoir writing by cops and ex-cops that's out there (as good as so much of that is). Cheers, ABP |
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