Robert Edric

Robert Edric
Born Gary Edric Armitage
(1956-04-14) 14 April 1956
Sheffield, England
Pen name Robert Edric
Occupation Novelist
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Hull
Notable awards James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1985)
Spouse Sara Jones (m. 1978)
Manuscript from the Robert Edric Archive, University of East Anglia

Robert Edric (born 14 April 1956) is the pseudonym of Gary Edric Armitage, a British novelist born in Sheffield. Nick Rennison has suggested that Edric might be "the finest and most adventurous writer of historical fiction of his generation".[1]

His trilogy of detective novels, Cradle Song, Siren Song, and Swan Song, also known as the "Song Cycle," are set in the city of Hull.

Works

References

  1. Nick Rennison (2005). Contemporary British novelists. Routledge. pp. 61–5. ISBN 978-0-415-21708-8. Retrieved 19 May 2013.


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