Edmund Ward (23 February 1928 – 12 July 1993) was a British

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and screenwriter. Before he was 20 he had read every book in the library in his determination to “master all aspects of the written word” To further this aim he graduated from the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts with diplomas in

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and

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as well as with a diploma in Scandinavian Language and Literature from a Swedish Hogskola. His first novel – Summer in Retreat – won the Author's Club Award in 1957 He also wrote ''

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'' (1958) and ''The Private Tightrope'' (1960). He later moved into TV, writing for: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Bergerac'', ''The Challenges'', ''

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'', '' Gentlemen and Players'', ''

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'', ''Grady'', '' The Hanged Man'', ''The Justice'', '' Kings and Desperate Men'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Murder'', ''

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'', ''The Power Game'', '' The Professionals'', ''Turtle's Progress'' (1990), '' The Violent Enemy'', ITV Play of the Week. He produced ''The Hanged Man''. In between these he wrote his last novel ''The Baltic Emerald'' (1980).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Edmund 20th-century English novelists English male screenwriters People from Nottingham 1928 births 1993 deaths 20th-century English screenwriters 20th-century English male writers