DUDLEY BARKER

1910 - 1980

Writing as: Lionel Black, Anthony Matthews

Mr. Barker, aka Lionel Black, was born and raised in London. He attended Oxford from where he received a bachelor's degree with honors. He became a journalist and worked in that profession for many years. During WWII he served in the RAF. Even more than his Emma Greaves tales, his books about Superintendent Francis Foy made him very popular.

Series		Books
Lionel Black

Emma Greaves		Chance To Die (1965)
		The Bait (1966)
		The Lady Is A Spy (1968)

Other		Arafat is Next (1975)
		Breakaway aka Flood [Supt. Foy] (1970)
		Death by Hoax [Kate Theobald] (1974)
		The Eve of the Wedding [Kate Theobald,Bill Comfort] (1980)
		The Foursome [Bill Comfort] (1978)
		A Healthy Way to Die [Kate Theobald] (1976)
		The Life and Death of Peter Wade [Supt. Foy] (1973)
		Outbreak (1968)
		The Penny Murders [Kate Theobald] (1979)
		A Provincial Crime (1960)
		Ransom for a Nude [Supt. Foy] (1972)
		The Rumanian Circle [Kate Theobald] (1981)

Anthony Matthews

Other		Death Has Green Fingers [Kate Theobald,Bill Comfort] (1971)
		Swinging Murder (1969)