Michael Ridpath is an English author of thrillers involving the world of high finance. He was born in

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in 1961 and grew up in

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. He was educated at

Millfield School Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935. Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding scho ...

and

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

, and spent eight years working as a bond trader at an international bank in the

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. His past employers include Saudi International Bank and

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. Ridpath lives in north London with three children and his wife,

Barbara Ridpath Barbara Ridpath is Director of St Paul's Institute, a department of St Paul's Cathedral that focuses on the relationship between finance, economics and the common good. She is married to the writer, Michael Ridpath. Education Ridpath gained an ...

. His latest work is the ''Fire & Ice'' series about an Icelandic detective called Magnus Jonson.

Bibliography

Financial thrillers

* ''Free to Trade'' (1995) * ''Trading Reality'' (1996) * ''The Marketmaker'' (1998) * ''Final Venture'' (2000) * ''The Predator'' (2001) * ''Fatal Error'' (2003)

Alex Calder

* ''On The Edge'' (2005) * ''See No Evil'' (2006)

Magnus Iceland Mysteries (Fire and Ice)

* ''Where The Shadows Lie'' (Corvus, June 2010) * ''66° North'' (Corvus, May 2011) * ''Edge of Nowhere'' (Corvus, December 2011) * ''Meltwater'' (June 2012) * ''Sea of Stone'' (May 2014) * ''The Polar Bear Killing'' (2015) * ''The Super Recogniser of Vik'' (2016) * ''The Wanderer'' (September 2018) * ''Death in Dalvik'' (2022)

Conrad de Lancey – pre-WWII & WWII spy novels

* ''Traitor's Gate'' (Head of Zeus, June 2013) * ''Shadows of War'' (Head of Zeus, January 2015)

Stand-alone novels

* ''Amnesia'' (Corvus, May 2017) * ''Launch Code'' (Corvus, 2019) Corvus page for Launch-code

Short stories

* "Partnership Track" (2005), published in ''The Detection Collection'', edited by

Simon Brett Simon Anthony Lee Brett OBE FRSL (born 28 October 1945 in Worcester Park, Surrey, England) is a British author of detective fiction, a playwright, and a producer-writer for television and radio. As an author, he is best known for his mystery s ...

References

External links

Michael Ridpath's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridpath, Michael 1961 births Living people English writers People educated at Millfield Alumni of Merton College, Oxford