Jim Williams (author)

Jim Williams (born 1947) is the name of the British lawyer, commercial consultant and writer, who has also written under the pen names Richard Hugo[1] (not to be confused with an American author of the same name) and Alexander Mollin.

Jim Williams
Born1947 (age 7576)
Oldham, Lancashire, England
Pen nameRichard Hugo, Alexander Mollin
OccupationAuthor, ex-lawyer, commercial consultant
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
GenreCrime, Thrillers, Historical romance, Science Fantasy, Non-fiction
Website
jimwilliamsbooks.com

Born and brought up in Oldham, Lancashire, England, Williams graduated with a BA Hons in Law and Sociology at Durham University, was called to the bar in 1970. He practised law for a number of years before changing to a career of legal and commercial work in the construction industry. He is married with three children.

His work as an author falls under four categories:

Writing career

Williams came to public attention when his first novel, The Hitler Diaries, was published nine months before the famous Hitler Diaries forgery scandal, and he seemed again prophetic when Farewell to Russia, a novel about a nuclear accident in the USSR, was completed four months before the Chernobyl Disaster. Lara's Child was the subject of an international literary scandal in 1994 because its subject was a sequel to Doctor Zhivago.

Scherzo was nominated for the Booker Prize. Frances Fyfield called it "Sparkling and utterly charming". How to be a Charlatan is winner of the IAC Prize and was commended by Nick Webb (author of A Dictionary of Bullshit) as "Appalling and immoral. How wonderful!"

Jim Williams' books have received positive reviews in The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian and The Evening Standard.

Jim Williams has been translated into six languages.

Bibliography

Thrillers

  • Jim Williams (2017). American Values (1st ed.). Marble City Publishing. ISBN 978-1908943859.

Murder Mystery

Historical Romance

  • Jim Williams (2014). Irina's Story (1st ed.). Marble City Publishing. ISBN 978-1908943781.

Science Fantasy

Jim Williams - Non-fiction

Alexander Mollin - Novels

  • Alexander Mollin (1994). Lara's Child. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-40379-5.

Richard Hugo - Novels

  • Richard Hugo (1989). Conspiracy of Mirrors. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-49263-5.
    • Richard Hugo (1989). The Gorbachev Version. Zebra Books. ISBN 978-0-8217-3288-5.
      • Richard Hugo (1990). Conspiracy of Mirrors. Pan Books. ISBN 978-0-330-31241-7.
  • Richard Hugo (1984). Last Judgment. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-37612-6.
  • Richard Hugo (1982). The Hitler Diaries. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-33620-5.

References

  1. Mellor, Bill (1 May 1983). "Dear Adolf: We've found the author". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
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