Douglas Scott (4 December 1926 – 1996) was the pen name of Douglas Smith, a British author of
thriller fiction
Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. S ...
, mostly published during the 1980s. His subject periods run from the theatres of the
Second World War
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to
post war
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Europe. A number of his novels feature seagoing prominently and he sometimes get categorised as an author of
naval fiction
Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highligh ...
.
Scott was born in
Broughty Ferry, Scotland on 4 December 1926. He died in 1996.
Bibliography
*''The Spoils of War'' –
Secker & Warburg
Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.
History
Secker & Warburg
Secker & Warburg was formed in 1935 from a takeover of Martin Secker, which was in receivership, ...
, London, 1977
*''The Gifts of Artemis'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1979
** (the above was retitled ''Operation Artemis'', Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1979 in the USA)
*''The Burning of the Ships'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1980
*''Die for the Queen'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1981
*''In the Face of the Enemy'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1982
*''The Hanged Man'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1983
*''Chains'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1984
*''Eagle's Blood'' – Secker and Warburg, London, 1985
*''The Albatross Run'' – Secker & Warburg, London,
*''Shadows'' – Secker & Warburg, London, 1987
*''Whirlpool'' – Century, London, 1988
Notes
External links
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1926 births
1996 deaths
Thriller writers
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