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Happy (late) 80th, Richard Curtis! (Biographer: "Chiang Kai-Shek," 1969)
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Jun 24, 2017, 3:05:23 PM6/24/17
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His birthday was yesterday.
Aka Richard Alan Curtis, Morton Stultifer, Ray Lilly, and Melanie Ward, he was born in NYC. At least seven of his books are juveniles.
Not to be confused with the 60-year-old New Zealand screenwriter for TV's "Blackadder" and "Mr. Bean," though "Biography in Context" makes that mistake!
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&noj=1&q=kirkus+richard+curtis&oq=kirkus+richard+curtis&gs_l=serp.3...41989.42748.0.42934.6.6.0.0.0.0.115.565.3j3.6.0....0...1.1.64.serp..0.3.274...0i7i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i8i7i10i30k1j0i7i5i30k1j0i8i30k1j30i10k1.aSjAE6ncX7w
(three Kirkus reviews)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bzpeyJ8dL._SX373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
(cover of "Chiang Kai-Shek")
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/510KNHPJZiL._SX333_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
(cover of "The Genial Idiots: The American Saga as Seen by Our Humorists")
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91120khpQxL.jpg
(cover of "Not Exactly a Crime: Our Vice-Presidents From Adams to Agnew")
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
•(Editor) Future Tense (short stories), Dell, 1968.
•The Genial Idiots: The American Saga as Seen by Our Humorists (juvenile), Crowell-Collier Press, 1968.
•(With Althea Gibson) So Much to Live For (juvenile autobiography), Putnam, 1968.
•Chiang Kai-Shek (juvenile biography), Hawthorn, 1969.
•(With Elizabeth Hogan) Perils of the Peaceful Atom: The Myth of Safe Nuclear Power Plants, Doubleday, 1969.
•(Under pseudonym Morton Stultifer) The Case for Extinction: An Answer to Conservationists, illustrated by Robert Powell, Dial, 1970.
•The Life of Malcolm X (juvenile biography), Macrae Smith, 1971.
•(With Maggie Wells) Not Exactly a Crime: Our Vice-Presidents From Adams to Agnew, Dial, 1972.
•(With Irwin Touster) The Perez Arson Mystery (juvenile), illustrations by Richard Cuffari, Dial, 1972.
•Ralph Nader's Crusade (juvenile biography), Macrae Smith, 1972.
•(With Touster) The Runaway Bus Mystery (juvenile), Dial, 1972.
•The Berrigan Brothers: The Story of Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Hawthorn, 1974.
•(Under pseudonym Ray Lilly) The Sunday Alibi, Manor, 1977.
•(Under pseudonym Melanie Ward, with Marilyn Lynch) Dreams to Come, BJ Publishing Group, 1978.
•(With Hogan) Nuclear Lessons, Stackpole, 1980.
•How to Prosper in the Coming Apocalypse, St. Martin's, 1981.
•The Story of Elsie and Jane, Bodley Head, 1982.
"Elsie writes a bad poem about her friend Jane and in return her poetry does a bad thing to her."
(There are some 1980s and 1990s books on writing and publishing, but I'm not sure he wrote them, since there's also an older Richard Curtis who may have been the author.)
"Author of monthly column, 'Agent's Corner,' appearing in Locus and other writers' newsletters. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly, Natural History, News Front, and American Legion, and of crime fiction to mystery magazines, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributing editor for Locus."
Lenona.
Aka Richard Alan Curtis, Morton Stultifer, Ray Lilly, and Melanie Ward, he was born in NYC. At least seven of his books are juveniles.
Not to be confused with the 60-year-old New Zealand screenwriter for TV's "Blackadder" and "Mr. Bean," though "Biography in Context" makes that mistake!
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&noj=1&q=kirkus+richard+curtis&oq=kirkus+richard+curtis&gs_l=serp.3...41989.42748.0.42934.6.6.0.0.0.0.115.565.3j3.6.0....0...1.1.64.serp..0.3.274...0i7i30k1j0i8i7i30k1j0i8i7i10i30k1j0i7i5i30k1j0i8i30k1j30i10k1.aSjAE6ncX7w
(three Kirkus reviews)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bzpeyJ8dL._SX373_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
(cover of "Chiang Kai-Shek")
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/510KNHPJZiL._SX333_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
(cover of "The Genial Idiots: The American Saga as Seen by Our Humorists")
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91120khpQxL.jpg
(cover of "Not Exactly a Crime: Our Vice-Presidents From Adams to Agnew")
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
•(Editor) Future Tense (short stories), Dell, 1968.
•The Genial Idiots: The American Saga as Seen by Our Humorists (juvenile), Crowell-Collier Press, 1968.
•(With Althea Gibson) So Much to Live For (juvenile autobiography), Putnam, 1968.
•Chiang Kai-Shek (juvenile biography), Hawthorn, 1969.
•(With Elizabeth Hogan) Perils of the Peaceful Atom: The Myth of Safe Nuclear Power Plants, Doubleday, 1969.
•(Under pseudonym Morton Stultifer) The Case for Extinction: An Answer to Conservationists, illustrated by Robert Powell, Dial, 1970.
•The Life of Malcolm X (juvenile biography), Macrae Smith, 1971.
•(With Maggie Wells) Not Exactly a Crime: Our Vice-Presidents From Adams to Agnew, Dial, 1972.
•(With Irwin Touster) The Perez Arson Mystery (juvenile), illustrations by Richard Cuffari, Dial, 1972.
•Ralph Nader's Crusade (juvenile biography), Macrae Smith, 1972.
•(With Touster) The Runaway Bus Mystery (juvenile), Dial, 1972.
•The Berrigan Brothers: The Story of Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Hawthorn, 1974.
•(Under pseudonym Ray Lilly) The Sunday Alibi, Manor, 1977.
•(Under pseudonym Melanie Ward, with Marilyn Lynch) Dreams to Come, BJ Publishing Group, 1978.
•(With Hogan) Nuclear Lessons, Stackpole, 1980.
•How to Prosper in the Coming Apocalypse, St. Martin's, 1981.
•The Story of Elsie and Jane, Bodley Head, 1982.
"Elsie writes a bad poem about her friend Jane and in return her poetry does a bad thing to her."
(There are some 1980s and 1990s books on writing and publishing, but I'm not sure he wrote them, since there's also an older Richard Curtis who may have been the author.)
"Author of monthly column, 'Agent's Corner,' appearing in Locus and other writers' newsletters. Contributor of articles to periodicals, including Esquire, Gentleman's Quarterly, Natural History, News Front, and American Legion, and of crime fiction to mystery magazines, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributing editor for Locus."
Lenona.
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