Stephen Gregory (1952-2024) was a

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author of

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. He was born in

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, England in 1952. He had a degree in law from the

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, and worked as a teacher in various places, including Bangor in Wales,

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in Algeria and the

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.Gregory, Stephen. ''The Cormorant'' (dust jacket), St. Martin's Press, 1986. Gregory lived in Hollywood, California for a time, where he worked as a

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with William Friedkin at Paramount Pictures.Internet Movie Database (IMDB): Stephen Gregory (IV) – Biography, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339953/bio On 14th January, 2024, his publisher announced his death. https://x.com/valancourt_b/status/1746609785527484867

Works

His works include: *''The Cormorant'', 1986 (reissued in 2013 by

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, new introduction by the author) *''The Woodwitch'', 1988 (reissued in 2014 by

, new introduction by

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) *''The Blood of Angels'', 1993 (reissued in 2015 by

, new introduction by Mark Morris) *''The Perils and Dangers of This Night'', 2008 *''The Waking that Kills'', 2013 *''Wakening the Crow'', 2014 *''Plague of Gulls'', 2015 ''The Cormorant'' received the 1987

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, and, in 1993, the

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made it into a film, starring Ralph Fiennes, which won two

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awards. All three books were published both in the UK and US as well as in foreign translations.

References

1952 births Living people Alumni of the University of London Writers from Derby {{UK-writer-stub