Michael Gilbert
Michael Gilbert was born in a village in Lincolnshire in 1912. He worked as a lawyer and wrote his novels exclusively when commuting by train between Kent and Lincoln's Inn, 500 words a day in 50-minute stints. He was made a CBE in 1980, awarded a Diamond Dagger for the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement, and named a 'grandmaster' by the Mystery Writers of America in 1988. He died in 2006.
Michael Gilbert was born in a village in Lincolnshire in 1912. He worked as a lawyer and wrote his novels exclusively when commuting by train between Kent and Lincoln's Inn, 500 words a day in 50-minute stints. He was made a CBE in 1980, awarded a Diamond Dagger for the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement, and named a 'grandmaster' by the Mystery Writers of America in 1988. He died in 2006. See less
Michael Gilbert's Featured Books
Michael Gilbert book reviews
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Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
"Middle-Aged Cutthroats" of British Security
by David B, Jul 1, 2018
Michael Gilbert wrote a number of stories about Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens, agents of a British counterintelligence group that does the jobs "too disreputable" for any of the UK's other services. The ... Read More
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Be Shot for Sixpence
Gilbert's spy mode
by deb74, Mar 18, 2010
Michael Gilbert is protean; 'Sixpence' is one of his ordinary-person-mixed-up-with-sinister-foreigners genre. I liked it, but it has many elements of the others -- climbing, betrayal, terrifying ... Read More
