GAVIN LYALL

Born in Birmingham, England, Mr. Lyall was raised in that city before going to Cambridge. He was a pilot for the RAF for two years and then returned to college to get his B.A. He worked as both a reporter and a television film director for several years before taking up adventure novel writing. His style and his popularity was similar to that of Hammond Innes, Desmond Bagley, and Alistair MacLean.