Ron Ellis (author)
Ronald Walter Ellis (born 12 September 1941)[1][2] has been, among other occupations, a crime novelist, broadcaster, and journalist.[3] In 1992, The Sun described him as the "man with the most jobs in Britain".[1][3][4]
Background
Born in Southport, England, he studied library science at Liverpool Polytechnic.[5] In 1966,[6] he became one of the country's first mobile D.J.s.[1] In 1976, he was appointed Northern Promotion Manager for WEA (Warner Bros. Records, Elektra Records and Atlantic Records).[1][2][4] He recorded a hit song, a punk anthem, "Boys on the Dole", which charted in the top 10 on the New Wave charts in 1979.[1][2][4] In 1984, American biographer Albert Goldman hired him as British researcher for his book The Lives of John Lennon.[1][2][3] Ellis also broadcast football reports for BBC Radio Merseyside.[1][2][7]
Ellis has written two books of self-published poems, one of which won the national Sefton Poetry Award in 1992,[1] and a comedy book, Journal of a Coffin Dodger,[1][2] which was shortlisted for the Best British Audio Comedy Book in 2004.[4]
Ellis has written 10 crime novels.[3] The Johnny Ace series, published by Headline and Allison & Busby, features a Liverpool private investigator/radio presenter called Johnny Ace, and The DCI Glass series, three police procedurals. He also runs his own publishing company, Nirvana Books,[4] featuring works by pop music broadcaster Spencer Leigh, local historian Joan A. Rimmer, and crime writers Kate Ellis and Eileen Dewhurst.[1]
Bibliography
- The Johnny Ace crime novels[7]
- Ears of the City[1]
- Mean Streets[1]
- Framed[1]
- The Singing Dead[1]
- Grave Mistake[1]
- Single Shot[1]
- City of Vultures[1]
- The DCI Glass crime novels
- Murder First Glass[1][2][4]
- Snort of Kings[1]
- Murder on the Internet Nirvana (under the title Playground Ppets)[1][3]
- Humour
- Social History
- Poems
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "Ron(ald) (Walter) Ellis". Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, Biography in Context. Gale Document Number: GALE H1000029095. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002, Psychology Press, 2002, p. 156. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ron Ellis, Mersey Beat.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mystery People profile, 16 January 2014.
- ↑ Review of Framed, Tangled Web, 16 January 2013.
- ↑ Ron Ellis. Mersey Beat.
- 1 2 "JOHNNY ACE CRIME FIGHTER RETURNS TO ISLAND IN NEXT BOOK", IOM Today (Isle of Mann Courier), 16 January 2014.