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Wainwright, John, 1921-1995

LC control no.n 79022879
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6073.A354
Personal name headingWainwright, John, 1921-1995
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Variant(s)Wainwright, John William, 1921-
See alsoAlternate identity: Ripley, Jack, 1921-1995
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Associated countryGreat Britain
Associated placeYorkshire (England)
Birth date1921-02-25
Death date1995-09-19
Place of birthHunslet (Leeds, England)
Leeds (England)
Place of deathBlackpool (England)
Field of activityFiction Detective and mystery stories
Profession or occupationNovelists Police
Found inHis Evil intent, 1966: title page (John Wainwright)
The evidence I shall give, 1974: title page (John Wainwright)
All on a summer's day, 1981: title page (John Wainwright)
Fantastic Fiction website, viewed 2 Oct. 2018 (John Wainwright, 1921-1995. John William Wainwright was a rear gunner in World War II, after which he spent twenty years as a policeman in Yorkshire. He wrote eighty crime novels between 1965 and 1992, sometimes under the pseudonym Jack Ripley)
Author and Book Info website, viewed 2 Oct. 2018 (John William Wainwright; also wrote as Jack Ripley; born 25 February 1921 in Hunslet, Yorkshire, England; died 19 September 1995 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England; lists books)
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Wikipedia, viewed 2 Oct. 2018: under John Wainwright, author (John William Wainwright (25 February 1921 - September 1995), was a British crime novelist and author of 83 books, four of which have been published under the pen name Jack Ripley)
Associated languageeng