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Laurence Meynell

Laurence Walter Meynell wrote over 150 books. He was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Herbert Meynell and his wife Agnes Mary Sollom; he became a professional writer in the 1920s. A contemporary satire Mockbeggar from 1924 won the Harrap fiction prize. Meynell wrote juvenile literature as Valerie Baxter and A. Stephen Tring. He also wrote detective fiction, with recurring private eye character Hooky Hefferman.

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English author (1899–1989)

Born 1899
Died 1989

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  • Cover of: Exmoor.

    First published in 1953 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The fatal flaw
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    First published in 1973 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky gets the wooden spoon
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    First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky and the villainouschauffeur
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    First published in 1979 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Rolls: man of speed.

    First published in 1953 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Smoky Joe

    First published in 1952 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The thirteen trumpeters

    First published in 1973 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1972 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Airmen on the run: true stories of evasion and escape by British airmen of World War II

    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Bluefeather

    First published in 1928 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Builder and dreamer: a life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a man who built railways, tunnels, bridges and steamships and who constructed these things on a scale and with a magnificence no one had used before him.

    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Danger round the corner.

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  • Cover of: Die by the book: a crime novel.

    First published in 1966 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Don't stop for Hooky Hefferman

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The fairly innocent little man
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    First published in 1974 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Famous cricket grounds: a brief history of some of the famous grounds in England: together with an account of their more notable games and incidents and the celebrated personalities connected with them.

    First published in 1951 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky catches a tartar: Hooky Hefferman mystery

    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky goes to blazes: a Hooky Hefferman story

    First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky hooked

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hooky on Loan

    First published in 1987 — 2 editions
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English author (1899–1989)

Born 1899
Died 1989

Subjects

Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, Hooky Hefferman (Fictitious character), Private investigators, England, fiction, Hefferman, hooky (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction in English, Private investigators, fiction, Fiction, general, History, Canals, Children's stories, Cricket, Large type books, World War, 1939-1945, Biography, Caen, Battle of, Caen, France, 1944, Campaigns, Description and travel, Fiction, romance, general, Great Britain in fiction, Knights Templar (Masonic order), Personal narratives, English. [from old catalog], Sisters, fiction, Templars

Places

England, Great Britain, Bedfordshire (England), Brightsea, Exmoor (England), Staffordshire (England)

People

James Brindley (1716-1772), Charles Stewart Rolls, Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910), Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), James Brindley, Orville Wright (1871-1948), Pelham Warner Sir (1873-1963), Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)

Time

1910

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Alternative names

  • Laurence Meynell
  • A. Stephen Tring
  • Valerie Baxter
  • Robert Eton
  • Geoffrey Ludlow

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October 9, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
April 22, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar author bio & photo
April 22, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Added new photo
August 18, 2008 Edited by an anonymous user fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import