Eric Ambler

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English writer (1909-1998)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1909 to 1998 · aged 89

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Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda.

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1986Cartier Diamond Dagger

1981Officer of the Order of the British Empire

1976Grand Prix de Littérature Policière

1975The Grand Master

1972Gold Dagger

1964Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel

1959Gold Dagger

Connected to Eric 6

Ryan O'NealAlso in Love Hate Love (1971)

Glynis JohnsAlso in Encore (1951)

Sydney GreenstreetAlso in The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Evelyn KeyesAlso in Rough Shoot (1953)

Virginia McKennaAlso in The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

Bernard LeeAlso in The Purple Plain (1954)

About this person

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda. Ambler is notable for his novel The Light of Day (1962), which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1964 and which was adapted into film as Topkapi (1964).

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