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James Hadley Chase
René Lodge Brabazon Raymond, best known by the pen name James Hadley Chase, was an English author of crime fiction. He is one of the best known thriller writers of all time. The canon of Chase, comprising 90 titles, earned him a reputation as the king of thriller writers in Europe. He was also one of the internationally best-selling authors, and to date 50 of his books have been made into films.
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culture · English author (1906–1985) · writer · novelist · screenwriter · also James Hadley Chase, R. Marshall, Raymond Marshall, James L. Docherty, Ambrose Grant, René Lodge Brabazon Raymond
Born 24 December 1906 · Died 6 February 1985 · Q347912
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1985· 1 entry
Died 1985-02-06.
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1969· 1 entry
Moved to Switzerland, living a secluded life in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, on Lake Geneva
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1947· 1 entry
By Eyre and Spottiswoode, Graham Greene's publisher at that time
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1942· 1 entry
His novel Miss Callaghan Comes to Grief (1941), a lurid account of the white slave trade, was banned by the British authorities after the author and publishers Jarrold were found guilty of causing the publication of an o
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1932· 1 entry
Chase married Sylvia Ray, and they had a son
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-12-24.
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