Hartley Howard

Hartley Howard was a pseudonym of Leo Ognall, a British crime novelist, wrote many novels under this name and as Harry Carmichael. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over ninety novels before his death in 1979. Harry Carmichael's primary series, written from 1952-1978, The 'Piper and Quinn series' included characters such as John Piper (an insurance assessor) and "Quinn," a crime reporter. His other works include: 'The Glenn...See more

Hartley Howard was a pseudonym of Leo Ognall, a British crime novelist, wrote many novels under this name and as Harry Carmichael. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over ninety novels before his death in 1979. Harry Carmichael's primary series, written from 1952-1978, The 'Piper and Quinn series' included characters such as John Piper (an insurance assessor) and "Quinn," a crime reporter. His other works include: 'The Glenn Bowman series', 1951-1979; 'The Philip Scott series, 1964-1967'. See less