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Michael Gilbert


Born
in Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom
July 17, 1912

Died
February 08, 2006

Genre
Crime, Mystery, Thriller


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Born in Lincolnshire in 1912, Michael Francis Gilbert was educated in Sussex before entering the University of London where he gained an LLB with honours in 1937. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, and in 1988 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America - an achievement many thought long overdue. He won the Life Achievement Anthony Award at the 1990 Boucheron in London, and in 1980 he was knighted as a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Gilbert made his debut in 1947 with Close Quarters, and since then has become recognized as one of our most versatile British mystery writers.

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Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.96 · 8,447 ratings · 1,124 reviews · 144 distinct works • Similar authors
Smallbone Deceased
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4.05 avg rating — 2,327 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions
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Death Has Deep Roots: A Sec...
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4.02 avg rating — 586 ratings — published 1951 — 35 editions
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Death in Captivity
4.15 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1952 — 37 editions
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Game Without Rules (Calder ...
4.31 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1967 — 18 editions
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Close Quarters
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3.66 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 1947 — 16 editions
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Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
4.15 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions
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The Black Seraphim
3.76 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions
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Blood and Judgement
3.74 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1959 — 36 editions
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The Night of the Twelfth
3.79 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1976 — 19 editions
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The Killing of Katie Steels...
3.61 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1980 — 25 editions
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Series by Michael Gilbert

Close Quarters He Didn't Mind Danger The Doors Open Smallbone Deceased Death Has Deep Roots: A Sec... Fear to Tread
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4.01 avg rating — 3,238 ratings

Game Without Rules Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens
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4.24 avg rating — 254 ratings

Blood and Judgement Amateur in Violence Petrella at Q Young Petrella Roller-Coaster The Man Who Hated Banks and...
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3.92 avg rating — 252 ratings

Ring of Terror Over and Out Into Battle
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3.58 avg rating — 50 ratings

Quotes by Michael Gilbert  (?)
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“Only after a person has their heart broken does the world appear as it truly is.”
― Michael Gilbert, Perfected Sinfulness
tags: breakups, heartache, heartbreak, lost-love, love
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“Birds sing even when the world is filled with sadness. I don't know why people can't do the same thing.”
― Michael Gilbert, Perfected Sinfulness
tags: breakups, broken-heart, heartbreak, heartbroken, love, sadness, sadness-love
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“What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do.”
― Michael Gilbert, Perfected Sinfulness
tags: breaking-up, breakups, heartache, heartbreak, love
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