John Bonett was the pen name of John Hubert Arthur Coulson (10 August 1906 – 21 January 1989), an

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writer, best known for numerous mystery and detective novels written in collaboration with his wife, Emery Bonett. He was born in

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, North Tyneside and educated at

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. In addition to his writing work, after serving in

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between 1940–45, he worked as a banker from 1924–37, a company secretary from 1937–39, and finally as a sales promotion executive, from 1945-63. He had one sister, (Desirée Rachel) Helen Coulson, born 12 June 1905. She died in a car accident on the M4, west of London in 1970. He lived in Spain with his wife during his later years. A collection of manuscripts is held at the University of Sheffield.https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/4947a661-d647-31a6-90c9-790c75ce1746 Penguin book cover blurb: ‘’John, besides having imagination and plot-sense, has also grammar, spelling and a sense of humour and from the time they met he has done most of the spadework on his wife’s stories.’’

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* People from Longbenton Writers from Tyne and Wear English crime fiction writers English mystery writers English male screenwriters 1906 births 1989 deaths 20th-century English novelists English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English screenwriters {{England-novelist-stub