L C Tyler
L C (Len) Tyler is a British writer of comic crime fiction. His Elsie and Ethelred mysteries feature Ethelred Tressider, a crime writer, and Elsie Thirkettle, his literary agent.
Biography
L. C. Tyler was raised in Southend-on-Sea, Essex and studied geography at Jesus College, Oxford University (matriculating in 1971), before going on to study systems analysis at City University in London.[1][2] He worked for the British Council in Malaysia, Sudan, Thailand and Denmark, before becoming Chief Executive of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, then a full-time writer.[2] Tyler's 2007 novel The Herring Seller's Apprentice was nominated for an Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original".[3] In 2015 LC Tyler was elected Chair of the Crime Writers' Association [4] and won the Goldsboro Last Laugh Award in both 2010 [5] for The Herring in the Library and in 2015 [6] for Crooked Herring. The Herring Seller’s Apprentice and Ten Little Herrings were nominated for Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
Bibliography
The Elsie and Ethelred mysteries
- The Herring Seller's Apprentice (2007)
- Ten Little Herrings (2009)
- The Herring in the Library (August 2010)
- The Herring on the Nile (July 2011)
- Crooked Herring (2014)
- Cat among the Herrings (scheduled for 2016)
Other novels
- A Very Persistent Illusion (2009)[7]
- A Cruel Necessity (2014)
- Bodies in the Bookshop (Editor, 2014)
- A Masterpiece of Corruption (scheduled for 2016)
References
- ↑ "In Print" (pdf). Jesus College Newsletter. Jesus College, Oxford (11): 31. 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- 1 2 "LC Tyler". Luton Arts Festival. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ↑ "More Edgar Award nominees". Salisbury Post. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ↑ http://thecwa.co.uk/news/new-chair-for-the-cwa
- ↑ http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2011.html
- ↑ http://www.crimefest.com/awards-cf/#lastlaugh
- ↑ Tyler, LC (24 Feb 2009). "Copenhagen: My kind of town". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
External links
- Personal website
- Author in the Spotlight at Amazon
- L.C. Tyler interviewed by Elsie Thirkettle
- Review of The Herring Seller's Apprentice at EuroCrime
- Podcast interview