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Bill James (born 1929) is a pseudonym of James Tucker, a Welsh novelist. He also writes under his own name and the pseudonyms David Craig and Judith Jones. He was a reporter with the Daily Mirror and various other newspapers after serving with the RAF He is married, with four children, and lives in South Wales.

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  • Bill James (born 1929) is a pseudonym of James Tucker, a Welsh novelist. He also writes under his own name and the pseudonyms David Craig and Judith Jones. He was a reporter with the Daily Mirror and various other newspapers after serving with the RAF He is married, with four children, and lives in South Wales. The bulk of his output under the Bill James pseudonym is the Harpur and Iles series. Colin Harpur is a Detective Chief Inspector and Desmond Iles is the Assistant Chief Constable in an unnamed coastal city in southwestern England. Harpur and Iles are complemented by an evolving cast of other recurring characters on both sides of the law. The books are characterized by a grim humour and a bleak view of the relationship between the public, the police force and the criminal element. The first few are designated "A Detective Colin Harpur Novel" but as the series progressed they began to be published with the designation "A Harpur & Iles Mystery". His novel Whose Little Girl are You, written under the "David Craig" pseudonym, was filmed as The Squeeze, starring Stacy Keach, Edward Fox and David Hemmings. The fourth Harpur & Iles novel, Protection, was televised by the BBC in 1996 as Harpur & Iles, starring Aneirin Hughes as Harpur and Hywel Bennett as Iles. (en)
  • Allan James Tucker, né le 15 août 1929 à Cardiff au Pays de Galles, est un écrivain britannique. Il écrit des romans policiers. Bill James est le principal pseudonyme littéraire de Allan James Tucker. Celui-ci a également publié sous le nom de David Craig et de Judith Jones. (fr)
  • Bill James, pseudonimo di Allan James Tucker (Cardiff, 15 agosto 1929), è uno scrittore gallese. Ha lavorato in passato come reporter per il Daily Mirror e altre testate giornalistiche inglesi. È sposato, ha quattro figli e vive nel Galles del sud. Altri pseudonimi usati: David Craig e Judith Jones. Bill James è famoso per aver scritto la serie di polizieschi che hanno come protagonisti i poliziotti Colin Harpur e Desmond Iles. La saga di Harpur e Iles è ambientata in una cittadina della costa meridionale britannica e annovera oggi 28 romanzi creati dal 1986 al 2011. Bill James da più di 20 anni è un maestro del romanzo poliziesco, uno scrittore che si è guadagnato un riconoscimento mondiale, così come un reporter sorprendentemente pungente del mondo moderno. (it)
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  • Allan James Tucker, né le 15 août 1929 à Cardiff au Pays de Galles, est un écrivain britannique. Il écrit des romans policiers. Bill James est le principal pseudonyme littéraire de Allan James Tucker. Celui-ci a également publié sous le nom de David Craig et de Judith Jones. (fr)
  • Bill James (born 1929) is a pseudonym of James Tucker, a Welsh novelist. He also writes under his own name and the pseudonyms David Craig and Judith Jones. He was a reporter with the Daily Mirror and various other newspapers after serving with the RAF He is married, with four children, and lives in South Wales. (en)
  • Bill James, pseudonimo di Allan James Tucker (Cardiff, 15 agosto 1929), è uno scrittore gallese. Ha lavorato in passato come reporter per il Daily Mirror e altre testate giornalistiche inglesi. È sposato, ha quattro figli e vive nel Galles del sud. Altri pseudonimi usati: David Craig e Judith Jones. Bill James è famoso per aver scritto la serie di polizieschi che hanno come protagonisti i poliziotti Colin Harpur e Desmond Iles. La saga di Harpur e Iles è ambientata in una cittadina della costa meridionale britannica e annovera oggi 28 romanzi creati dal 1986 al 2011. (it)
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  • Bill James (novelist) (en)
  • Bill James (fr)
  • Bill James (it)
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