William Hamilton Canaway, known as W.H. Canaway, also known as Bill Canaway, was the author of novels that combined adventure with natural history and a love of the outdoors. He was born in 1925 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, and died on May 22, 1988 (age 62) in Derbyshire, England, UK.

Canaway's 1961 novel Sammy Going South was made into an adventure film

Sammy Going South

Sammy Going South, retitled A Boy Ten Feet Tall for its later US release, is a 1963 British adventure film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, photographed by Erwin Hillier, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland and Constance Cummings. The film was based on a novel by W.H. Canaway and...

 in 1963.

As Bill Canaway, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 film version

The Ipcress File (film)

The Ipcress File is a 1965 British espionage film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine, Guy Doleman, and Nigel Green. The screenplay by Bill Canaway and James Doran was based on Len Deighton's 1962 novel, The IPCRESS File. It has won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award for best...

 of Len Deighton

Len Deighton

Leonard Cyril Deighton is a British military historian, cookery writer, and novelist. He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine....

's The IPCRESS File

The Ipcress File

The IPCRESS File was the first spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962.It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman and directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Michael Caine as the protagonist....

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Novels

• The Ring-Givers (1958)
• The Seal (1959)
• Sammy Going South (1961)
• Find the Boy: 2 (1961)
• The Hunter and the Horns (1962)
• Crows in a Green Tree (1965)
• The Grey Seas of Jutland (1966)
• The Mules of Borgo San Marco (1967)
• A Moral Obligation (1969)
• A Declaration of Independence (1971)
• Harry Doing Good (1973)
• The Glory of the Seas (1974)
• Seal (1975)
• The Willow-Pattern War (1976)
• The Trouble Trip (1976)
• The Solid Gold Buddha (1979)
• The Helmet and the Cross (1987)

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