Brian Callison (born 1934) is a British novelist known for his best-selling thrillers and sea stories. Born in

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, England in 1934, he was educated at the

High School of Dundee The High School of Dundee is an independent, co-educational, day school in Dundee, Scotland, which provides nursery, primary and secondary education to just over one thousand pupils. Its foundation has been dated to 1239, and it is the only priv ...

, and went to sea at the age of 16 as an

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with the

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, sailing aboard cargo ships between ports in

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and

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. Callison subsequently studied at Dundee College of Art in Scotland, and went into business. His first published novel, ''A Flock of Ships'', appeared in 1970. In 2008 he completed a three-year appointment as a Fellow of The Royal Literary Fund at the University of Dundee, mentoring staff and students in all aspects of practical writing.

Bibliography

: ''A Flock of Ships'' (1970) : ''A Plague of Sailors'' (1971) : ''The Dawn Attack'' (1972) : ''A Web of Salvage'' (1973) : ''Trapp's War'' (1974) : ''A Ship is Dying'' (1976) : ''The Judas Ship'' (1978) : ''A Frenzy of Merchantmen'' S Title: ''An Act of War''(1979) : ''Trapp's Peace'' (1979) : ''The Auriga Madness'' (1980) : ''The Sextant'' (1981) : ''Spearfish'' (1983) : ''The Bone Collectors'' (1984) : ''A Thunder of Crude'' (1986) : ''Trapp and World War Three'' (1988) : ''Trojan Hearse'' (1990) : ''Crocodile Trapp'' (1993) : ''Ferry Down'' (1998) : ''The Stollenberg Legacy'' (2000) : ''Redcap'' (2006) : ''Trapp's Secret War'' (2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callison, Brian 1934 births Living people Writers from Manchester People educated at the High School of Dundee Alumni of the University of Dundee