Gray, Simon (James Holliday)

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GRAY, Simon (James Holliday)

GRAY, Simon (James Holliday). Also writes as Hamish Reade. British, b. 1936. Genres: Novels, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Lecturer in English, Queen Mary College, University of London, 1966-. Ed., Delta mag., Cambridge, 1964-. Lecturer, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1963-64; Supvr. in English, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1964-66. Publications: Colmain, 1963; Simple People, 1965; Little Portia, 1968; (as Hamish Reade) A Comeback for Stark, 1969; Dog Days, 1976; After Pilkington, 1987; Old Flames, 1990; Simply Disconnected, 1996; The Management of Government Debt, 1996; Life Support, 1997; Breaking Hearts, 1997; Just the Three of Us, 1999; The Late Middle Classes, 1999. PLAYS: Wise Child, 1968; Sleeping Dog, 1968; Dutch Uncle, 1969; The Idiot, 1970; Spoiled, 1971; Butley, 1971; Otherwise Engaged and Other Plays, 1975; Molly, 1977; The Rear Column and Other Plays, 1978, in U.S. as The Rear Column, Dog Days, and Other Plays, 1979; Stage Struck, 1979; Close of Play, and Pig in a Poke (plays), 1979; Quartermaine's Terms, 1981; The Common Pursuit, 1984; Plays One, 1986; Melon, 1987; Hidden Laughter, 1990; The Holy Terror, 1991; Cell Mates, 1995; Japes, 2000. TV FILMS: They Never Slept, 1990; Femme Fatale, 1992; Running Late, 1992; Unnatural Pursuits, 1992. NON-FICTION: An Unnatural Pursuit (journal), 1985; How's That for Telling 'Em, Fat Lady?, 1988; Fat Chance, 1995; Enter a Fox, 2001. EDITOR: (with K. Walker) Selected English Prose, 1967. Address: c/o Judy Daish Associates, 2 St. Charles Pl, London W10 6EG, England.

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