Miles, Keith

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MILES, Keith

MILES, Keith. Also writes as Conrad Allen, Martin Inigo, Edward Marston, Christopher T. Mountjoy. Welsh, b. 1940. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Children's fiction, Plays/Screenplays, Theatre, Biography. Career: Wulfrun College, Wolverhampton, England, lecturer in modern history, 1962-65; playwright and author, 1965-. Winson Green Prison, drama lecturer, 1962-64; founder of a theater company, 1978; lecturer at universities and colleges in United Kingdom, Europe, United States, and Australia. Publications: Guenter Grass (critical study), 1975; The Warrior Kings, 1978; We'll Meet Again, 1981; (with D. Butler) Marco Polo, 1981; The Finest Swordsman in All France, 1983; Breaks, 1983; Russian Masters, 1984; Not for Glory, Not for Gold, 1985; Bullet Hole, 1986; Double Eagle, 1987; Jahangir and the Khan Dynasty (biography), 1988; Green Murder, 1990; Flagstick, 1991; (ed.) The Handbook of Rugby, 1995; Murder in Perspective, 1997; Saint's Rest, 1998; Bermuda Grass, 2002. FOR CHILDREN: Skydive, 1987; Seabird, 1987; Bushranger, 1988; Snowstorm, 1988; Frontier, 1988; Iggy, 1988; Melanie, 1988; Tariq, 1989; Bev, 1989; Death Vault, 1990; Fast Wheels, 1990; New Blood, 1995; Flanes, 1995; Fever, 1995; Emergency, 1995; Coma, 1995; Target, 1995; Stress, 1996, X-Ray, 1996; High Rise, 1996. RADIO PLAYS: Just for the Day, 1964; Athlete, 1969; Only the Nuts Write In, 1969; Red, 1969; Conference, 1970; White Nights, 1970; Where's Your Sense of Democracy?, 1970; A Touch of Henry James, 1971; Hanneman, 1975; Present from an Admirer, 1972; The Radical Dandy, 1974; Laid to Rest, 1974; The Love Match, 1975; Brushes, 1976; Double or Quits, 1980; Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot, 1981; England and St. George, 1982; Faces in the Smoke, 1984; Hillcrest, 1990-92. TELEVISION PLAYS: Just for the Day, 1968; Sinking Fish Move Sideways, 1968; The Helpers, 1970; Sloman, 1970; The Love Machine, 1970; Quick and the Dead, 1970. STAGE PLAYS: A Man Named John, 1960; The Old World Touch, 1966; The Relationship, 1966; Mad Mike, 1977; Goodbye Liberty Hall, 1978; King Dick, 1979; Chekhov, 1986; Songs for a Summer Day, 1986; Dostoevsky, 1989. STAGE ADAPTATIONS: (co-adapter) The Miracles, 1960; H. Ibsen, Ghosts, 1972; A. Strindberg, The Stronger, 1972; The Coventry Mysteries, 1981; Shakespeare, Henry IV, 1981; D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1981; Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1981; T. Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, 1983. AS CONRAD ALLEN: Murder on the Lusitania, 1999; Murder on the Mauretania, 2000; Murder on the Minnesota, 2002. AS MARTIN INIGO: Stone Dead, 1991; Touch Play, 1991. AS EDWARD MARSTON: The Queen's Head, 1988; The Merry Devils, 1989; The Trip to Jerusalem, 1990; The Nine Giants, 1991; The Mad Courtesan, 1992; The Wolves of Savernake, 1993; The Silent Woman, 1994; The Ravens of Blackwater, 1994; The Roaring Boy, 1995; The Dragons of Archenfield, 1995; Lions of the North, 1996; The Laughing Hangman, 1996; The Serpents of Harbledown, 1996; The Fair Maid of Bohemia, 1997; The Stallions of Woodstock, 1997; The Hawks of Delamere, 1998; The Wanton Angel, 1998; The Wild Cats of Exeter, 1998; The Foxes of Warwick, 1999; The King's Evil, 1999; The Owls of Gloucester, 1999; The Amorous Nightingale, 2000; The Elephants of Norwich, 2000; The Devil's Apprentice, 2001; The Repentant Rake, 2001; The Bawdy Basket, 2002. AS CHRISTOPHER T. MOUNTJOY: Coming of Age, 1984; Queen and Country, 1985; The Honourable Member, 1986.

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