Wikipedia / Leo Ognall
Wikipedia / Leo Ognall
Leopold Horace Ognall (20 June 1908 – 12 April 1979), known by the pen names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael, was a British crime novelist.
Biography
Ognall was born in Montreal, Canada, but grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. His father served as provost of Rutherglen. At age 19, the younger Ognall was working as a bus driver in Rutherglen. He also worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He lived in Leeds in England for many years; he was married there in 1932, and while he was recorded as living in Ulverston in Cumbria in 1939, he was again living in Leeds by 1964.
Ognall wrote over 90 novels, which were published between 1951 and 1979. The New York City-based private eye Glenn Bowman, who appeared in 38 books written under the pen name of Hartley Howard, was one of his most successful characters. Under the Harry Carmichael pen name, his primary series characters were John Piper, an insurance assessor, and Quinn, a crime reporter; the London-based duo appeared together in 32 books. Ognall created the pseudonym "Harry Carmichael" as an amalgam of the names of his immediate family: his son Harry, his wife Cecilia, his daughter Margaret, and his son Michael. Ognall's 1964 spy thriller Department K was adapted into the 1968 British film Assignment K. Some of his works were also adapted for radio.
Ognall married Ceclia Sumroy (1909–1994) in 1932 in Leeds. The couple had three children, including Sir Harry Ognall, a barrister and judge who was well known for his prosecution of Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper.
Ognall died in 1979, aged 70, in Leeds. His final book, The Sealed Envelope, was published posthumously later that year.
Bibliography
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Hartley Howard works
As Hartley Howard, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication):
The Last Appointment 1951
The Last Deception 1951
Death of Cecilia 1952
The Last Vanity 1951
Bowman Strikes Again 1953
The Other Side of the Door 1953
Bowman at a Venture 1954
Bowman on Broadway 1954
No Target for Bowman 1955
Sleep for the Wicked 1955
The Bowman Touch 1956
A Hearse for Cinderella 1956
Key to the Morgue 1957
The Long Night 1957
The Big Snatch 1958
Sleep, My Pretty One 1958
The Armitage Secret 1959
Deadline 1959
Extortion 1960
Fall Guy 1960
I'm No Hero 1961
Time Bomb 1961
Count-Down 1962
Double Finesse 1962
The Stretton Case 1963
Department K (US title: Assignment K) 1964
Out of the Fire 1965
Counterfeit 1966
Portrait of a Beautiful Harlot 1966
Routine Investigation 1967
The Eye of the Hurricane 1968
The Secret of Simon Cornell 1969
Cry on My Shoulder 1970
Room 37 1970
Million Dollar Snapshot 1971
Murder One 1971
Epitaph for Joanna 1972
Nice Day for a Funeral 1972
Highway to Murder 1973
Dead Drunk 1974
Treble Cross 1975
Payoff 1976
One-Way Ticket 1978
The Sealed Envelope 1979
Harry Carmichael works
As Harry Carmichael, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication):
Death Leaves a Diary 1952
The Vanishing Trick 1952
Deadly Night-Cap 1953
School for Murder 1953
Why Kill Johnny? 1954
Death Counts Three (US title: The Screaming Rabbit) 1954
Money for Murder 1955
Noose for a Lady 1955
The Dead of Night 1956
Justice Enough 1956
Emergency Exit 1957
Put Out That Star (US title: Into Thin Air) 1957
James Knowland: Deceased 1958
A Question of Time 1958
...Or Be He Dead 1959
Stranglehold (US title: Marked Man) 1959
Requiem for Charles (US title: The Late Unlamented) 1960
The Seeds of Hate 1960
Alibi 1961
Confession 1961
The Link 1962
Of Unsound Mind 1962
Vendetta 1963
Flashback 1964
Safe Secret 1964
Post Mortem 1965
Suicide Clause 1966
The Condemned 1967
Murder by Proxy 1967
A Slightly Bitter Taste 1968
Death Trap 1970
Remote Control 1970
Most Deadly Hate 1971
The Quiet Woman 1971
Naked to the Grave 1972
Candles for the Dead 1973
Too Late for Tears 1973
The Motive 1974
False Evidence 1976
A Grave for Two 1977
Life Cycle 1978
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