James Pattinson (15 December 1915 - 18 October 2009) was an English author of more than 100

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Life

James Pattinson was raised in the village of

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. He attended

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. He volunteered for the

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in 1939, and in 1941 was transferred to the maritime arm to serve as a gunner on DEMS. He served on convoys to

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, in the

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and the

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. After the war he returned to poultry farming in Norfolk and began work on his first book in 1950. He was unmarried.

Bibliography

Many of Pattinson's novels were based on his experience as a gunner on the Arctic convoys in World War II. His first published work was ''Soldier, Go North'' in 1954 and his last was ''The Unknown '' in 2008. * ''Soldier, Sail North'' (1954) * ''Last In Convoy'' (1958) * ''Contact Mr. Delgado'' (1959) * ''The Rodriguez Affair'' (1970) * ''The Murmansk Assignment'' (1971) * ''The Sinister Stars'' (1971) * ''Watching Brief'' (1971) * ''Ocean Prize'' (1972) * ''The Marakano Formula'' (1973) * ''The Petronov Plan'' (1974) * ''Special Delivery'' (1976) * ''The Honeymoon Caper'' (1976) * ''The Spanish Hawk'' (1977) * ''The Courier Job'' (1979) * ''Lethal Orders'' (1982) * ''Obituary For Howard Gray'' (2003 * ''The Unknown'' (2008)

References

1915 births 2009 deaths 20th-century English male writers British Army personnel of World War II People educated at Thetford Grammar School People from Harling, Norfolk Royal Artillery soldiers {{UK-writer-stub