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Ronald Walter Ellis (Born September 12, 1941 in Southport, England)〔〔 has been, among other occupations, a crime novelist, broadcaster, and journalist.〔 In 1992, ''The Sun'' described him as the "man with the most jobs in Britain".〔〔〔 He studied library science at Liverpool Polytechnic.〔 In 1966,〔 he became one of the country's first mobile D.J.'s.〔 In 1976, he was appointed Northern Promotion Manager for W.E.A. Records (Warner Bros., Elektra and Atlantic).〔〔〔 He recorded a hit song, a punk anthem, 'Boys on the Dole, which charted in the top ten on the New Wave charts in 1979.〔〔〔In 1984, American biographer Albert Goldman hired him as British researcher for his book ''The Lives of John Lennon''.〔〔〔 Ellis also broadcast football reports for BBC Radio Merseyside.〔〔〔 Ellis has written two books of self-published poems, one of which won the national Sefton Poetry Award in 1992,〔 and a comedy book, 'Journal of a Coffin Dodger'〔〔 which was short listed for the Best British Audio Comedy Book in 2004.〔 Ellis has written ten crime novels.〔 The Johnny Ace series, published by Headline and Allison & Busby features a Liverpool private investigator/radio presenter called Johnny Ace, and The DCI Glass series, three police procedurals. He also runs his own publishing company, Nirvana Books,〔 featuring works by pop music broadcaster, Spencer Leigh, local historian, Joan A. Rimmer, and crime writers Kate Ellis and Eileen Dewhurst.〔 ==Bibliography== The Johnny Ace crime novels〔 *Ears of the city〔 *Mean streets〔 *Framed〔 *The singing dead〔 *Grave mistake〔 *Single shot〔 *City of vultures〔 The DCI Glass crime novels *Murder First Glass〔〔〔 *Snort of kings〔 *Murder on the internet Nirvana (under the title 'Playground pets')〔〔 Humour *Journal of a coffin dodger〔〔 Social History *Southport Faces〔〔 Poems *Diary of a discotheque Last of the Lake Poets〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Ellis (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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