David Whitelaw
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David Whitelaw (1875-1970) British Writer, Editor and Illustrator
David Whitelaw was born in Holloway in London. Both of his parents died during his infancy and he and his elder brother Stephen were raised by their grandparents, Theodore and Eliza Baxter, members of the North London branch of the Sandemanian church.
After brief spells in New York and Paris in the 1890s, Whitelaw returned to London to work for various Fleet Street newspapers as an illustrator and journalist, later becoming editor of The London Magazine and The Premier Magazine. The Premier Magazine, published by the Amalgamated Press, ran between 1914 and 1931 and published atmospheric adventure and mystery fiction including authors such as Edgar Wallace, Sax Rohmer and Achmed Abdullah.
He later switched to writing his own crime fiction and historical romance and published over 60 best selling books during his career. Many of these works went through multiple publication runs and translation to numerous languages.
He was for many years a member, and later chair of, The Savage Club.
Books by David Whitelaw include:
Fiction:
- The Little Hour of Peter Wells (1913)
- The Big Picture (1936)
- Murder Calling (1937)
- The Ryecroft Verdict (c.1945)
- Garments of Repentance (1948)
- Murder Besieged (1953)
- I Could A Tale Unfold (1957)
Non Fiction:
- Corpus Delicti (1936)
- A Bonfire of Leaves (autobiography - 1937)
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