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Lord Hardinge of Penshurst

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Publish and author George Hardinge was particularly influential in editing detective novels. He wrote high quality reports on many 'Crime Club' novels for publisher William Collins, and also edited many other types of novel. He later wrote crime novels of his own, and also published a book on angling in 1976. He moved to Macmillan, and gained a reputation as the most effective commercial middlebrow publisher. He was particularly successful with the works of author Edith Pargeter.

Hardinge, George Edward Charles

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John Blackwell

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Publisher John Blackwell went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, England, in 1958. He edited the journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, and then found employment with independent publishing firm Secker and Warburg. He became a key figure in the firm, but became less happy when it was taken over by Reed and moved to new premises. He became a freelance when Secker was sold to Random House in 1997, editing his authors from home.

Blackwell, John

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Frances Lincoln

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Publisher Frances Lincoln was born in London, England, in 1945. She studied Greats at Somerville College, Oxford, England, and became a junior editor at Studio Vista. She later set up her own imprint.

Lincoln, Frances Elisabeth Rosemary

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