As Bad As It Gets

Writer Julian Rathbone was born in London, England on February 10, 1935. He graduated from Magdaline College, Cambridge, England, in 1958.

He taught from 1959 until 1973, first in Turkey, then in England.

He has written thrillers, historical novels, screenplays, short stories and poetry. King Fisher Lives (1976) and Joseph: The Life of Joseph Bosham, Self-Styled Third Viscount of Bosham, Covering the Years from 1970 to 1813 (1979) were both nominated for the Booker Prize. He has also received the Crime Writers of America Silver Dagger for Best Short Story for 'Some Sunny Day" (1993). He died on February 28, 2008.

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