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Ted Lewis (15 January 1940 – 27 March 1982) [1] was a British writer known for his crime fiction.
Jan 21, 2018 · (photo by ted lewis on set of get carter (1971)) When he died in 1982 at the age of 42, the novelist Ted Lewis had achieved some success in “that London” but now lived with his mother in his north Lincolnshire home town of Barton-upon-Humber.
- Benjamin Myers
Legacy of 'Edward Alfred (Ted) Lewis' Alfred Edward Lewis was born in Stretford, Manchester in January 1940 as an only child. In 1946, the family moved to Barton-upon-Humber in Lincolnshire.
Oct 21, 2017 · Written by Nick Triplow — Meticulous and thorough detective work is at the heart of this compelling and detailed biography of Ted Lewis, the Humberside author of nine novels, who was a huge influence on Brit Noir and remains so for leading names in crime fiction today.
- Tom Faulkner
Sep 29, 2008 · Ted Lewis, the man who wrote so convincingly about London-based gangsters, came of age in the same small North Lincolnshire town where he later went down in flames. Lewis continued to live in Barton-Upon-Humber while attending Hull College of Art, commuting across the Humber estuary via ferry.
Sep 26, 2015 · Ted Lewis had been sucked into a spiral of alcohol dependence. He was separated from his wife and family and, despite the fame afforded him by the success of Get Carter, had returned to north Lincolnshire, and was living with his mother in Scunthorpe, where he died in 1982.
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