Dick Francis dies ‘of old age’, aged 89
Bestselling crime writer Dick Francis, who sold 60 million books worldwide, had died, it has been announced.
Francis was the only three time recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for Best Novel, winning for Forfeit in 1970, Whip Hand in 1981, and Come To Grief in 1996. Britain’s Crime Writers Association awarded him its Gold Dagger Award for fiction in 1979 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger lifetime achievement award in 1989. In 1996 he was given the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, the highest honour bestowed by the MWA. He was awarded a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000. In 2003 he was honoured by being awarded the Gumshoe Awards’ Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award.
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February 14th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
This is very sad news. Dick Francis was one of the first adult authors I started reading whilst still in junior school over thirty five years ago. I still have those books and every other one of his and therefore I will miss looking forward to the next one.