MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - RIP Dick Francis: 1920

Dave Berk · 02-14-2010, 04:22 PM

Writer Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said.

Francis, who wrote more than 40 best-selling novels during his career, was also champion jockey in the 1950s and the Queen Mother's jockey.
He first published his autobiography in 1957, and his first thriller, Dead Cert, followed five years later...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertain...re/8515165.stm

I've read all of his books and loved every one of them. He may not have been a literature author, but he sure could spin a yarn. RIP.

02-14-2010, 04:22 PM	#1
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	RIP Dick Francis: 1920 - 2010 Writer Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89, his family has said. Francis, who wrote more than 40 best-selling novels during his career, was also champion jockey in the 1950s and the Queen Mother's jockey. He first published his autobiography in 1957, and his first thriller, Dead Cert, followed five years later... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertain...re/8515165.stm I've read all of his books and loved every one of them. He may not have been a literature author, but he sure could spin a yarn. RIP.