Skinner
by Hugh C. Rae
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0140031898
- ISBN 13
- 9780140031898
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About This Item
Penguin Books, Great Britain, 1971. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Hugh Crauford Rae, aka James Albany, Robert Crawford, R B Houston, Caroline Crosby, Stuart Stern (with S Ungar), Jessica Stirling (with Margaret M Coghlan)Hugh Crauford Rae was born on November 22, 1935 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, son of Isobel and Robert Rae. He published his first stories aged 11 in the Robin comic, winning a cricket bat the same year in a childrens writing competition. After graduating from secondary school, he worked as an assistant in the antiquarian department of John Smith's bookshop. At work, he met her future wife, Elizabeth. Published since 1963, he started to wrote suspense novels as Hugh C. Rae, but he also used the pseudonyms of Robert Crawford, R.B. Houston, Stuart Stern (with S. Ungar) and James Albany. On 1973, his novel "The Shooting Gallery" was nominee by the Edgar Award. On 1974, he wrote the first few romance novels with Peggie Coghlan, using the popular pseudonym Jessica Stirling. However, when she retired 7 years after the first book was published, he continued writing more than 30 on his own, and also as Caroline Crosby. His female pseudonyms first became widely known in 1999, when "The Wind from the Hills" was shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Widowed nine years ago, Hugh died on September 24, 2014 at the age of 78. 252 pages. Slight crease on front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0140031898. ISBN/EAN: 9780140031898. Inventory No: 227711. . 9780140031898
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- leura books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227711
- Title
- Skinner
- Author
- Hugh C. Rae
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140031898
- ISBN 13
- 9780140031898
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Fiction; Fiction; ISBN: 0140031898 EAN: 9780140031898 Hugh C. Rae Skinner
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