CLEEVE, Brian (Talbot)

CLEEVE, Brian (Talbot). Irish (born England), b. 1921. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Romance/Historical, History, Theology/Religion. Career: Freelance journalist, 1948-: in S. Africa, 1948-54, and in Ireland, 1954-. Broadcaster, Radio Telefis Eireann, Dublin, 1962-72. Publications: The Far Hills, 1952; Portrait of My City, 1952; Birth of a Dark Soul, 1953, in US as The Night Winds, 1954; Colonial Policies in Africa (non-fiction), 1954; Assignment to Vengeance (suspense), 1961; Death of a Painted Lady (crime), 1962; Death of a Wicked Servant (crime), 1963; Vote X for Treason (suspense), 1964, 2nd US ed. as Counterspy, 1966; Dark Blood, Dark Terror (suspense), 1965; The Judas Goat (suspense; in US as Vice Isn't Private), 1966; The Horse Thieves of Ballysaggert and Other Stories, 1966; The Irish Coinage, 1966; Violent Death of a Bitter Englishman (suspense), 1967; (ed.) Dictionary of Irish Writers, 3 vols., 1967-71, (ed. with A. Brady) as Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers, 1985; You Must Never Go Back (suspense), 1968; Exit from Prague (suspense), 1970, in US as Escape from Prague, 1973; Cry of Morning, 1971, in US as The Triumph of O'Rourke, 1972; Tread Softly in This Place (novel), 1972; Dark Side of the Sun, 1973; A Question of Inheritance, 1974, in US as For Love of Crannagh Castle, 1975; Sara (romance), 1976; Kate (romance), 1977; Judith (romance), 1978; Hester (romance), 1979; The House on the Rock (religion), 1980; The Seven Mansions (religion), 1980; The Fourth Mary (religion), 1982; 1983: A World Vanishing, 1982; A View of the Irish, 1983; A Woman of Fortune (novel), 1993; Invitation to a Spiritual Life, 2000. Died 2003.