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JOHN HARRIS

1916 - 1991

Writing as: John Harris, Mark Hebden, Max Hennessy


According to the bio on Wikipedia: "John Harris (18 October 1916 – 7 March 1991) was a British author. He published a series of crime novels featuring the character Inspector Pel, and war books. He wrote with his own name, and also with the pseudonyms of Mark Hebden and Max Hennessy. His 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them was the basis for a feature film of the same name in 1954. He was the father of Juliet Harris, who published more Inspector Pel books under the name of Juliet Hebden.

Harris later served in the Royal Air Force as a corporal attached to the South African Air Force. After the war he rejoined the Sheffield Telegraph as a political and comedy cartoonist (his creations included the Calamity Kids and Amateur Archie), and stayed until the mid-1950s when, following the outstanding success of his 1953 novel The Sea Shall Not Have Them—later, in 1954, made into a film of the same name—he became a full-time author. From 1955 he lived at West Wittering, near Chichester, West Sussex. His first published novel was The Lonely Voyage (1951), and he went on to write more than 80 works of fiction and non-fiction, including Covenant With Death (1961). He also wrote as Max Hennessy and Mark Hebden. As Hebden he published a series of crime novels featuring the character Inspector Pel."



Series Books
John Harris
 
Other Army of Shadows (1977)
  China Seas (1987)
  The Claws of Mercy (1955)
  Cotton's War (1979)
  The Courtney Entry [Ira Penaluna] (1971)
  Covenant with Death (1961)
  The Cross of Lazzaro (1965)
  The Fledglings [Martin Falconer] (1971)
  The Fox from His Lair (1978)
  A Funny Place to Hold a War (1984)
  Getaway aka Close to the Wind (1956)
  Hallelujah Corner (1952)
  Harkaway's Sixth Column (1983)
  The Interceptors [Martin Falconer] (1977)
  A Kind of Courage (1972)
  Light Cavalry Action (1967)
  The Lonely Voyage (1951)
  The Mercenaries aka The Jade Wind [Ira Penaluna] (1969)
  The Mustering of the Hawks [Ira Penaluna] (1972)
  North Strike (1981)
  The Old Trade of Killing (1966)
  Picture of Defeat (1988)
  The Professionals [Martin Falconer] (1973)
  The Revolutionaries [Martin Falconer] (1978)
  Ride Out the Storm (1975)
  Right of Reply (1968)
  Road to the Coast aka Adventure's End (1959)
  The Sea Shall Not Have Them The Undaunted (1953)
  The Sleeping Mountain (1958)
  Smiling Willie and the Tiger (1974)
  So Far from God (1989)
  The Spring of Malice (1962)
  Sunset at Sheba (1960)
  Swordpoint (1980)
  Take or Destroy (1976)
  The Thirty Days' War (1986)
  The Unforgiving Wind (1963)
  Up for Grabs (1985)
  Vardy (1964)
  The Victors [Martin Falconer] (1975)
 
Mark Hebden
 
Colonel Mostyn Mask of Violence (1970)
  A Pride of Dolphins (1974)
  The League of 89 (1977)
 
Other The Dark Side of the Island (1973)
  Death Set to Music aka Pel and the Parked Car [Pel] (1979)
  The Errant Knights (1968)
  The Eyewitness (1966)
  A Killer for the Chairman (1972)
  Pel Among the Pueblos [Pel] (1987)
  Pel and the Bombers [Pel] (1982)
  Pel and the Faceless Corpse [Pel] (1979)
  Pel and the Missing Persons [Pel] (1990)
  Pel and the Paris Mob [Pel] (1986)
  Pel and the Party Spirit [Pel] (1989)
  Pel and the Picture of Innocence [Pel] (1988)
  Pel and the Pirates [Pel] (1984)
  Pel and the Predators [Pel] (1984)
  Pel and the Promised Land [Pel] (1991)
  Pel and the Prowler [Pel] (1985)
  Pel and the Staghound [Pel] (1982)
  Pel and the Touch of Pitch [Pel] (1987)
  Pel Is Puzzled [Pel] (1981)
  Pel Under Pressure [Pel] (1980)
  Portrait in a Dusty Frame aka Grave Journey (1969)
  What Changed Charley Farthing (1965)
 
Max Hennessy
 
Other Back to Battle [Kelly McGuire] (1979)
  Blunted Lance [Goff Family] (1981)
  The Bright Blue Sky [Dicken Quinney] (1982)
  The Challenging Heights [Dicken Quinney] (1983)
  The Dangerous Years [Kelly McGuire] (1978)
  The Iron Stallions [Goff Family] (1982)
  The Lion At Sea [Kelly McGuire] (1977)
  Once More the Hawks [Dicken Quinney] (1984)
  Soldier of the Queen [Goff Family] (1980)