Ron Ellis (author)

Ronald Walter Ellis (born September 12, 1941 in Southport, England)[1][2] has been, among other occupations, a crime novelist, broadcaster, and journalist.[3] In 1992, The Sun described him as the "man with the most jobs in Britain".[1][3][4]

He studied library science at Liverpool Polytechnic.[5] In 1966,[6] he became one of the country's first mobile D.J.'s.[1] In 1976, he was appointed Northern Promotion Manager for W.E.A. Records (Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic).[1][2][4] He recorded a hit song, a punk anthem, 'Boys on the Dole, which charted in the top ten on the New Wave charts in 1979.[1][2][4] In 1984, American biographer Albert Goldman hired him as British researcher for his book The Lives of John Lennon.[1][2][3] Ellis also broadcast football reports for BBC Radio Merseyside.[1][2][7]

Ellis has written two books of self-published poems, one of which won the national Sefton Poetry Award in 1992,[1] and a comedy book, 'Journal of a Coffin Dodger'[1][2] which was short listed for the Best British Audio Comedy Book in 2004.[4]

Ellis has written ten crime novels.[3] The Johnny Ace series, published by Headline and Allison & Busby features a Liverpool private investigator/radio presenter called Johnny Ace, and The DCI Glass series, three police procedurals. He also runs his own publishing company, Nirvana Books,[4] featuring works by pop music broadcaster, Spencer Leigh, local historian, Joan A. Rimmer, and crime writers Kate Ellis and Eileen Dewhurst.[1]

Bibliography

The Johnny Ace crime novels[7]

The DCI Glass crime novels

Humour

Social History

Poems

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Ron(ald) (Walter) Ellis". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, Biography in Context. Gale Document Number: GALE H1000029095. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 page 156. Psychology Press, 2002. on GoogleBooks. January 16, 2014
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Rone Ellis. Mersey Beat.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mystery People profile. January 16, 2014
  5. ↑ Tangled Web. review of Framed. January 16, 2013
  6. ↑ Rone Ellis. Mersey Beat.
  7. 1 2 JOHNNY ACE CRIME FIGHTER RETURNS TO ISLAND IN NEXT BOOK. IOM Today. Isle of Mann Courier. January 16, 2014
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