 Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. In 1935, he moved with his family to England. He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge University where he obtained a BA in 1951. He worked for seventeen years on the editorial staff of Punch Magazine. Dickinson is the creator of 'James Pibble', a Detective Superintendent of Scotland Yard. He also wrote children's books. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'James Pibble' Novels | |
| 1) Skin Deep (US Title: The Glass-Sided Ants' Nest [1968]) (Gold Dagger Award) | 1968 |
| 2) A Pride of Heroes (US Title: The Old English Peep Show [1969]) (Gold Dagger Award) | 1969 |
| 3) The Seals (US Title: The Sinful Stones [1970]) | 1970 |
| 4) Sleep and His Brother | 1971 |
| 5) The Lizard in the Cup | 1972 |
| 6) One Foot in the Grave | 1979 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Green Gene | 1973 |
| 2) The Poison Oracle | 1974 |
| 3) The Lively Dead | 1975 |
| 4) King and Joker | 1976 |
| 5) Walking Dead | 1977 |
| 6) The Last House Party | 1982 |
| 7) Hindsight | 1983 |
| 8) Death of a Unicorn | 1984 |
| 9) Tefuga | 1986 |
| 10) Perfect Gallows | 1988 |
| 11) Skeleton-in-Waiting | 1989 |
| 12) Play Dead | 1992 |
| 13) The Yellow Room Mystery | 1994 |
| 14) Some Deaths Before Dying | 1999 |