John Andrews (writer)
John Malcolm Andrews (born 21 August 1936) is an English author on
crime writer, engineering businessman and author – as John Malcolm – of the Tim Simpson series of art crime novels,[1] author as John Andrews of the first Price Guide to Antique Furniture (1968) and Managing Editor of Antique Collecting magazine.[2]
Biography
Born in
MA in 1958.[3] Andrews worked as design engineer (1958–63), an export sales manager (1963–70), management consultant (1970–76), and international marketing manager (1976–90) before setting up his own business as a machinery broker in 1990, travelling abroad extensively.[3][5][6]
In 1966 he was a founder member of the Antique Collectors' Club and became its first author as John Andrews with The Price Guide to Antique Furniture (1968). He went on to write more books on antique furniture and is currently Managing Editor of Antique Collecting magazine.[2] He was Chairman of the Trustees of Rye Art Gallery from 1995 to 2004.[5]
In 1984 his first crime novel, A Back Room in Somers Town, written as John Malcolm, was published by
.Andrews is a member of the
Crime Writers Association and the Society of Authors.[3] He married Geraldine Lacey (a picture restorer) on 25 March 1961. The couple live in East Sussex
and have one son.
Bibliography
Novels as John Malcolm
The Tim Simpson series:
- A Back Room in Somers Town (1984)[8]
- The Godwin Sideboard (1984)[9]
- The Gwen John Sculpture (1985)[10]
- Whistler in the Dark (1986)[11]
- Gothic Pursuit (1987)[12]
- Mortal Ruin, (1988)[13]
- The Wrong Impression (1990)[14]
- Sheep, Goats and Soap (1991)[15]
- A Deceptive Appearance (1992)[16]
- The Burning Ground (1993)[17]
- Hung Over (1994)[18]
- Into the Vortex (1996)[19]
- Simpson's Homer (2001)[20]
- Circles and Squares (2002)[21]
- Rogues' Gallery (2005)[22]
Crime Novels
- Mortal Instruments (2003)
- The Chippendale Factor (2008)
Non-fiction as John Andrews
- The Price Guide to Antique Furniture (1968) (revised 1978)
- The Price Guide to Victorian Furniture (1970)
- The Price Guide to Victorian, Edwardian and 1920s Furniture (1980)
- British Antique Furniture (1989), (new editions: 2001; 2005/6; 2011)
- Victorian and Edwardian Furniture (1992), (new edition: 2001)
- Antique Furniture: The ACC Guide to the Antique Furniture of the Western World (1997)
- Arts and Crafts Furniture, (2005), (new edition: 2013)
Notes
- ^ "John Malcolm".
- ^ a b Andrews' Editorials for Antique Collecting magazine
- ^ a b c d "Andrews, John (Malcolm) 1936–".
- ^ John Malcolm. "MY PLACE...A Western Blog: Stagecoach Sources". Rope and Wire. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "John Malcolm".
- ^ "John Malcolm".
- ^ "John Malcolm".
- OCLC 11502715.
- OCLC 12312317.
- OCLC 12664339.
- OCLC 13580753.
- OCLC 16227103.
- OCLC 17262670.
- OCLC 21481999.
- OCLC 23582865.
- OCLC 26014806.
- OCLC 29754515.
- OCLC 32665585.
- OCLC 36407755.
- OCLC 47192909.
- OCLC 51904060.
- OCLC 57527462.
References
- The Crime Writers' Association
- T J Binyon Murder Will Out
- Collins Crime Club
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