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,

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.
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ISBN 978-1-55862-031-5
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^ Cradled In History: the History of St John's College by Michael Magan, 1974.

External links

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

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ISBN 978-1-55862-031-5
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[3] Cradled In History: the History of St John's College by Michael Magan, 1974.

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