Dick Francis (pictured with his son Felix Francis) was born in South Wales in 1920. He was a young rider of distinction winning awards and trophies at horse shows throughout the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot, flying fighter and bomber aircraft including the Spitfire and Lancaster.
He became one of the most successful postwar steeplechase jockeys, winning more than 350 races and riding for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. After his retirement from the saddle in 1957, he published an autobiography, "The Sport of Queens," before going on to write more than forty acclaimed books, including the "New York Times" bestsellers "Even Money" and "Silks."
A three-time Edgar Award winner, he also received the
prestigious Crime Writers Association s Cartier Diamond Dagger, was
named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and was
awarded a CBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours List in 2000. He died
in February 2010, at age eighty-nine, and remains among the
greatest thriller writers of all time.
Felix Francis (pictured with his father, Dick Francis), a graduate
of London University, spent seventeen years teaching A-level
physics before taking on an active role in his father s career. He
has assisted with the research of many of the Dick Francis novels,
including "Shattered, Under Orders," and "Twice Shy," which drew on
Felix s experiences as a physics teacher and as an international
marksman. He is coauthor with his father of the "New York Times"
bestsellers "Dead Heat, Silks," and "Even Money." He lives in
England."
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