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Alan Judd (born 1946) is a pseudonym used by Alan Edwin Petty. Born in 1946, he is a former soldier and diplomat who now works as a security analyst and writer in the United Kingdom. He writes both books and articles, regularly contributing to a number of publications, including ''
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'', the '' Spectator'' and '' The Oldie''. His books include both fiction and non-fiction titles, with his novels often drawing on his military background.


Fiction Titles

Charles Thoroughgood novels: *'' A Breed of Heroes'' (1981 - adapted by Charles Wood as a
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television film in 1996) *'' Legacy'' (2001) *''Uncommon Enemy'' (2012) *''Inside Enemy'' (2014) *''Deep Blue'' (2017) *''Accidental Agent'' (2019) *''Queen and Country'' (2022) Other novels: *''Short of Glory'' (1984) *''The Noonday Devil'' (1987) *''
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'' (1989) *''
The Devil's Own Work ''The Devil's Own Work'' is a 1991 novella by Alan Judd which won the Guardian Fiction Award. A modern version of the Faust legend, it was inspired by a dinner with Graham Greene. and tells of a pact an author makes with the devil as told by his ...
'' (1991) *''
The Kaiser's Last Kiss ''The Kaiser's Last Kiss'' is a 2003 novel written by Alan Judd. The story gives a fictional account of the last few days in the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II after his home at Doorn, Netherlands is taken over by the invading Germans during ...
'' (2003) *''Dancing with Eva'' (2006) *''Slipstream'' (2015) *''Shakespeare's Sword'' (2018) *''A Fine Madness'' (2021)


Non fiction Titles

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'' (1990) *''First World War Poets (Character Sketches)'' (1997) *''The Quest for C: Mansfield Cumming And the Founding of the Secret Service'' (1999)


Awards

*''A Breed of Heroes'' won the 1981 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted and became runner-up in the
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Booker Prize. *In 1991, he won the Guardian Fiction Award for his book ''
The Devil's Own Work ''The Devil's Own Work'' is a 1991 novella by Alan Judd which won the Guardian Fiction Award. A modern version of the Faust legend, it was inspired by a dinner with Graham Greene. and tells of a pact an author makes with the devil as told by his ...
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A Brief Biography
1946 births 20th-century English novelists 21st-century English novelists English biographers Living people Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature English male novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers Male biographers {{England-writer-stub