Hamilton-Paterson, James

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HAMILTON-PATERSON, James

HAMILTON-PATERSON, James. British, b. 1941. Genres: Marine sciences/Oceanography, Poetry, Novels, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Taught in Tripoli, Libya in early 1960s; Times Literary Supplement and New Stateman, writer, 1968-74; freelance journalist; writer, poet. Publications: Flight Underground (juvenile), 1969; The House in the Waves (juvenile), 1970; A Very Personal War: The Story of Cornelius Hawkridge, 1971, published as The Greedy War, 1972; Option Three (poems), 1974; (with C. Andrews) Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt, 1978; Hostage! (juvenile), 1978; Dutch Alps (poems), 1984; The View from Mount Dog, 1986; Playing with Water: Passion and Solitude on a Philippine Island, 1987; Gerontius, 1989, radio play, 1990; That Time in Malomba (in UK as The Bell-Boy), 1990; The Great Deep (in UK as Seven-Tenths), 1992; Ghosts of Manila, 1994; The Music (short stories), 1996. Address: c/o John Johnson Ltd., Clerkenwell House, 45/47 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0HT, England.