David Ely
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David Ely | |
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| Born | David Lilienthal Ely 19 November 1927 Chicago Illinois |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Harvard University St Antony's College |
| Period | 1974–present |
| Genre | Thriller, sci-fi |
| Notable works | Seconds The Sailing Club |
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David Lilienthal Ely studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1944 to 1945, at Harvard University from 1947 to 1949, and finally at St Antony's College in Oxford from 1954 to 1955.[1]
He entered the world of literature in 1961 with the publication of The Last Friday in Angust, a science fiction novel. In 1963 he published his first detective fiction The Sailing Club, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story.[2]
In 1964 he published his first novel, A Novel of Suspense, followed the same year by his masterpiece Seconds. In 1966, from the David Ely works was based the screenplay by Lewis John Carlino Seconds, an American psychological horror[3] science fiction directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Rock Hudson, Salome Jens, John Randolph, and Will Geer.[4]. Seconds was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival and released by Paramount Pictures. The cinematography by James Wong Howe was nominated for an Academy Award.[5]
Works[edit]
Novels[edit]
- Trot: A Novel of Suspense (1964)
- Seconds (1964)
- The Tour (1967)
- Poor Devils (1970)
- Walking Davis (1972)
- Mr. Nicholas (1974)
- A Journal of the Flood Year (1992)
Short Story[edit]
- Time Out (1968)
- Always Home and Other Stories (1991)
- The Last Friday in August (1961)
- The Wizard of Light (1962)
- Countdown (1962)
- The Interview (1962)
- The Sailing Club (1962)
- The Alumni March (1962)
- A Question of Neighbourliness (1963)
- The Human Fattore (1963)
- McDaniels' Flood (1963)
- The Captain's Boarhunt (1964)
- The Academy (1965)
- Dolly Madison in Peru (1965)
- Creatures of the Sia (1965)
- An Angel of Mercy (1965)
- The Assault on Mount Rushmore (1969)
- The Language Game (1970)
- The Carnival (1971)
- Non Time to Lose (1972)
- The Gourmet Hunt (1972)
- A Middle-Age Nude (1974)
- A Place to Avoid (1974)
- The Light in the Cottage (1974)
- Always Home (1975)
- Rockefeller's Daughter (1975)
- The Squirrel (1976)
- Last One Out (1976)
- Starling's Circle (1976)
- The Running Man (1976)
- The Weed Killer (1977)
- The Looting of the Tomb (1977)
- Counting Steps (1978)
- The Temporary Daughter (1978)
- The Rich Girl (1978)
- Going Backward (1978)
- The Marked Man (1979)
- Methuselah (1980)
- Dead Man (1993)
- The Drum (1997)
Adaptation[edit]
Film[edit]
- 1966: Seconds
Television mini series[edit]
- 1971: The Academy, Season 2 Episode of the anthology television series Night Gallery created by Rod Serling.[6]
Awards[edit]
- The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story in 1963 for The Sailing Club.[2]
Nomination[edit]
- The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story in 1975 for The Light in the Cottage.[2]
- The Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story in 1979 forGoing Backward.[2]
References[edit]
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