Dick Francis was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young
rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows
throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he
joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber
aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.
He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys,
winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle
in 1957, he published an autobiography, The Sport of Queens, before
going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the
New York Times bestsellers Even Money and Silks.
A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the prestigious
Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was named
Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was awarded a
CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died in
February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the greatest
thriller writers of all time.
Praise for Longshot
“Intelligent, fast-paced.”—The New York Times Book Review
“One of his most appealing stories ever.”—The Denver Post
Praise for Longshot
"Intelligent, fast-paced."-The New York Times Book Review
"One of his most appealing stories ever."-The Denver
Post
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