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Jack Trevor Story | |
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Born | Hertford, England | 30 March 1917
Died | 5 December 1991 Milton Keynes, England | (aged 74)
Other names | Alex Atwell Bret Harding Rex Riotti |
Notable work | The Trouble with Harry; Live Now, Pay Later; Something for Nothing; The Urban District Lover; I Sit in Hanger Lane; One Last Mad Embrace; Hitler Needs You |
Jack Trevor Story (30 March 1917 – 5 December 1991) was a British novelist, publishing prolifically from the 1940s to the 1970s. His best-known works are the 1949 comic mystery The Trouble with Harry (which was adapted for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film of the same name), the Albert Argyle trilogy (Live Now, Pay Later, Something for Nothing and The Urban District Lover), and his Horace Spurgeon novels (I Sit in Hanger Lane, One Last Mad Embrace, Hitler Needs You). He also wrote under the names Alex Atwell, Bret Harding and Rex Riotti.[1]