George Pendle (born 1976) is a British author and journalist. He was educated at Stowe School and

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'' from 1997 to 2001, Pendle wrote his first book, ''Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist

John Whiteside Parsons John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Associated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Parsons was one of t ...

'' (2005). Pendle's second book – ''The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President'' (2007) is a faux-biography of the unlucky thirteenth

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. His third book, ''Death: A Life'' (2008), is a comedic autobiography of the personification of Death and how he deals with his purpose, life, and love. A collection of his non-fiction writing was released under the title ''Happy Failure'' in 2014. Pendle's articles can be found in the ''

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References

Bibliography

*''Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons'' (2005) *''The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President'' (2007) *''Death: A Life'' (2008) *''Happy Failure'' (2014) *''The Book of Stamps,'' introduction by George Pendle (New York: Cabinet Books, 2008).

External links

George Pendle's official website
* English non-fiction writers 21st-century English novelists 1976 births Living people The Times people Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford English male novelists 21st-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers {{UK-novelist-stub