  Eric Clifford Ambler was born in Charlton, South London. He was educated at a London grammar school and won an engineering scholarship to London University. After leaving university, he worked as a copywriter for a London advertising agency. Eventually he became the director of the agency. He also wrote together with Charles Rodda under the pseudonym 'Eliot Reed'. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Dark Frontier | 1936 |
| 2) Uncommon Danger (US Title: Background to Danger [1937]) | 1937 |
| 3) Epitaph for a Spy | 1938 |
| 4) Cause for Alarm | 1938 |
| 5) The Mask of Dimitrios (US Title: A Coffin for Dimitrios [1939]) | 1939 |
| 6) Journey into Fear | 1940 |
| 7) Judgment on Deltchev | 1951 |
| 8) The Schirmer Inheritance | 1953 |
| 9) The Night-Comers (US Title: State of Siege [1956]) | 1956 |
| 10) Passage of Arms (Crossed Red Herrings Award, Gold Dagger Award) | 1959 |
| 11) The Light of Day (Edgar Award) | 1962 |
| 12) A Kind of Anger | 1964 |
| 13) Dirty Story | 1967 |
| 14) The Intercom Conspiracy | 1970 |
| 15) The Levanter (Gold Dagger Award) | 1972 |
| 16) Doctor Frigo | 1974 |
| 17) Send No More Roses (US Title: The Siege at the Villa Lipp [1977]) | 1977 |
| 18) The Care of Time | 1981 |
| As 'Eliot Reed' (with Charles Rodda) | |
| 1) Skytip | 1950 |
| 2) Tender to Danger (UK Title: Tender to Moonlight [1952]) | 1951 |
| 3) The Maras Affair | 1953 |
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