David Roberts (novelist)
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David Roberts is an English
editor and novelist.
Roberts worked for several years as a book editor at Chatto and Windus
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
, and Michael O'Mara Books
. Since 2000 he has been a full-time writer, best known for a series of crime novels
set during the late 1930s, and featuring the joint adventures of Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
editor and novelist.
Roberts worked for several years as a book editor at Chatto and Windus
Chatto and Windus
Chatto & Windus has been, since 1987, an imprint of Random House, publishers. It was originally an important publisher of books in London, founded in the Victorian era....
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd is a British publisher of fiction and reference books. It is a division of the Orion Publishing Group.-History:...
, and Michael O'Mara Books
Michael O'Mara Books
Michael O'Mara Books is a small, family-run, privately owned publishing house in the United Kingdom. Established in London in 1985, it has established a strong history of publishing biographies...
. Since 2000 he has been a full-time writer, best known for a series of crime novels
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
set during the late 1930s, and featuring the joint adventures of Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.