Peter Robinson (novelist)

Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson in March 2010
Born (1950-03-17) March 17, 1950
Armley, Leeds[1]
Alma mater
Genre Crime
Notable works Inspector Alan Banks
Notable awards
Spouse Sheila Halladay
Website
www.inspectorbanks.com

Peter Robinson (born March 17, 1950) is a Canadian crime writer born in Britain. He is best known for his crime novels set in Yorkshire featuring Inspector Alan Banks. He has also published a number of other novels and short stories as well as some poems and two articles on writing.

Life and work

Robinson was awarded a BA Honours Degree in English Literature at the University of Leeds. He then emigrated to Canada in 1974 and took his MA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Windsor, with Joyce Carol Oates as his tutor, then a PhD in English at York University in Toronto.[3] He is best known for the Inspector Banks series of novels set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale, which have been translated into nineteen languages,[4] but also writes short stories and other novels.

Personal life

Robinson was born in Armley, Leeds,[1] son of Clifford Robinson (a photographer) and Miriam Jarvis (a homemaker).[3] Robinson emigrated to Canada to continue his studies after completing his first degree at the University of Leeds.

Robinson lives in the Beaches area of Toronto with his wife, Sheila Halladay, and he occasionally teaches crime writing at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies. He has taught at a number of Toronto colleges and served as Writer-in-Residence at the University of Windsor, 1992-93.[3]

Bibliography

Inspector Banks series

Set in the fictional English town of Eastvale in the Yorkshire Dales. A former member of the London Metropolitan Police, Inspector Alan Banks leaves the capital for a quieter life in the Dales. Since 2010 several of the novels have been adapted for television under the series title DCI Banks with Stephen Tompkinson in the title role.[5]

  1. Gallows View (1987)
  2. A Dedicated Man (1988)
  3. A Necessary End (1989)
  4. The Hanging Valley (1989)
  5. Past Reason Hated (1991)
  6. Wednesday's Child (1992)
  7. Dry Bones That Dream (1994) (published in the USA as Final Account)
  8. Innocent Graves (1996)
  9. Dead Right (1997) (published in the USA as Blood at the Root)
  10. Not Safe After Dark (1998) (Short stories; includes three Inspector Banks stories)
  11. In A Dry Season (1999)
  12. Cold is the Grave (2000)
  13. Aftermath (2001)
  14. The Summer that Never Was (2003) (published in the USA as Close to Home')
  15. Playing with Fire (2004)
  16. Strange Affair (2005)
  17. Piece of My Heart (2006)
  18. Friend of the Devil (2007)
  19. All The Colours Of Darkness (2008)
  20. Bad Boy (2010)
  21. Watching The Dark (2012)
  22. Children Of the Revolution (2013)
  23. Abattoir Blues (2014) (published in the USA as In the Dark Places) [6]
  24. When the Music's Over (2016)

Other works

Although Caedmon's Song is a standalone novella, it is related to Friend of the Devil.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Peter Robinson: Armley-born writer returns to roots to help budding authors". Yorkshire Post Newspapers. 16 October 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.inspectorbanks.com/about/
  3. 1 2 3 "Peter Robinson". notablebiographies.com. notablebiographies. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Peter Robinson". inspectorbanks.com. Peter Robinson. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/itv-orders-six-part-run-of-dci-banks/5019656.article
  6. ↑ "In the Dark Places". harpercollins.com. Harper Collins"accessdate=23 August 2015.
  7. ↑ 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards Winners Crime Writers of Canada, (retrieved 03/16/2016)

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