A. G. Macdonell (1895–1941)
Author of England, Their England
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
A.G. Macdonell wrote mystery novels under the pseudonym Neil Gordon.
Image credit: Archibald Gordon MacDonnell
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Works by A. G. Macdonell
The Fur Coat 1 copy
The Plays of Mr. Noel Coward 1 copy
The Big Ben alibi 1 copy
The seven stabs 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Macdonell, Archibald Gordon
- Other names
- Gordon, Neil (pseudonym)
Macdonell, Archie
Cameron, John (pseudonym) - Birthdate
- 1895-11-03
- Date of death
- 1941-01-16
- Burial location
- Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Poona, India
- Place of death
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Russia
Poland - Education
- Winchester College
- Occupations
- novelist
journalist
broadcaster - Organizations
- London Mercury
The Observer
British Broadcasting Corporation - Short biography
- Neil Gordon is one of two pseudonyms used by Archibald Gordon Macdonell when he was writing detective and thriller fiction. Macdonell began his writing career as a journalist, writing mostly theater reviews for London Mercury. In 1933 his novel England, Their England received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and it is this book for which he is most likely best remembered. Another satirical novel The Autobiography of a Cad (1938) has garnered something of a cult reputation lately. In addition to novels and a handful of plays he wrote at least one book on military history. As "Neil Gordon" he wrote five detective novels, one mystery novel was done in collaboration with Milward Kennedy, one of the founders of the Detection Club, and he wrote two other detective novels under the pen name John Cameron. In 1941 Macdonell died unexpectedly at the age of only 45 in Oxford.
- Disambiguation notice
- A.G. Macdonell wrote mystery novels under the pseudonym Neil Gordon.
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