Best known as a writer of crime fiction, his work translated into more than twenty languages, John Harvey is also a dramatist, poet, publisher and occasional broadcaster.
The first of his twelve Charlie Resnick novels, Lonely Hearts, was named by The Times as one of the `100 Best Crime Novels of the Century . The recipient of honorary doctorates from the Universities of Nottingham and Hertfordshire, in 2007 he was awarded the Crime Writers Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Sustained Excellence in Crime Writing.
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