W. H. Canaway

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 22 May 1988 (age 62) in Derbyshire, England, UK.^[1]

Canaway's 1961 novel Sammy Going South was made into an adventure film in 1963.

As Bill Canaway, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 film version of Len Deighton's The IPCRESS File.^[2]

Novels

• The Ring-Givers (1958)
• The Seal (1959)
• Sammy Going South (1961)
• Find the Boy: 2 (1961)
• The Hunter and the Horns (1962)
• "My feet upon a rock" (1963)
• 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)

References

1. W.H. Canaway - IMDb
2. The Ipcress File (1965) - IMDb

External links

• W. H. Canaway at the Internet Movie Database