1. Peter Harmer Lovesey, known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories.
11 Facts About Peter Lovesey
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Peter Lovesey was one of the world's leading track and field statisticians.
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Peter Lovesey went to Reading University in 1955 but since he did not have the requisite Latin qualification to study English, he chose a degree in Fine Art which included History and English as elective subjects.
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Peter Lovesey graduated from Reading with an honours degree in 1958; he then did three years of National Service in the Royal Air Force.
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Peter Lovesey married Jacqueline Lewis, whom he had met at Reading, in 1959.
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Peter Lovesey started as a lecturer in English at Thurrock Technical College in Essex in 1961; he then became Head of the General Education Department at London's Hammersmith College for Further Education.
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Peter Lovesey quit teaching to become a full-time writer in 1975.
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Peter Lovesey wrote that he entered into writing detective fiction by way of his interest in British sports history.
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Peter Lovesey authored non-fiction works on the history of British athletics.
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Peter Lovesey was born in 1963 and worked as an English teacher at Wolverhampton Grammar School until 2012.
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Peter Lovesey won awards for his fiction, including Gold and Silver Daggers from the British Crime Writers' Association, the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, the French Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere and first place in the Mystery Writers of America's 50th Anniversary Short Story Contest.