Geoffrey Household (1900–1988)
Author of Rogue Male
About the Author
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Works by Geoffrey Household
The Lost Continent [Short story] 2 copies
Keep Walking [Short Story] 1 copy
Children's Crusade 1 copy
Fantasy And Science Fiction 1 copy
Associated Works
The Saturday Evening Post Stories 1957 — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Household, Geoffrey Edward West
- Birthdate
- 1900-11-30
- Date of death
- 1988-10-04
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Bristol, England, UK
- Place of death
- Wardington, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Bucharest, Romania
Spain
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK - Education
- Clifton College
University of Oxford (BA|1922 - Magdalen College) - Occupations
- spy
novelist
short story writer
importer (fruit)
salesman - Agent
- Bill Hamilton (AM Heath)
- Short biography
- After graduation from Oxford, Geoffrey Household went to Spain, where he worked for the United Fruit Company. He moved to the USA in 1929 and wrote children's encyclopedias and radio plays. He also worked as a traveling salesman. During World War II, he served in British Intelligence in several European countries. After the war ended, he concentrated on his writing and produced numerous novels, short stories, and an autobiography. He's best remembered today for his thriller Rogue Male (1939).
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