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Name
  
W. Canaway

Role
  
Author of novels

Movies
  
The Ipcress File


Died
  
1988, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Books
  
The Ring-givers, Crows in a green tree, Find the boy

Awards
  
Edgar Award for Best Foreign Film

Nominations
  
BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay

Similar People
  
Otto Heller, Sidney J Furie, Len Deighton, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adam

William Hamilton Canaway, known as W.H. Canaway, also known as Bill Canaway, was the author of novels that combined adventure with natural history and a love of the outdoors. He was born in 1925 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, and died on 22 May 1988 (age 62) in Derbyshire, England, UK.

Canaway's 1961 novel Sammy Going South was made into an adventure film in 1963.

As Bill Canaway, he co-wrote the screenplay for the 1965 film version of Len Deighton's The IPCRESS File.

Novels

  • The Ring-Givers (1958)
  • The Seal (1959)
  • Sammy Going South (1961)
  • Find the Boy: 2 (1961)
  • The Hunter and the Horns (1962)
  • "My feet upon a rock" (1963)
  • Crows in a Green Tree (1965)
  • The Grey Seas of Jutland (1966)
  • The Mules of Borgo San Marco (1967)
  • A Moral Obligation (1969)
  • A Declaration of Independence (1971)
  • Harry Doing Good (1973)
  • The Glory of the Seas (1974)
  • Seal (1975)
  • The Willow-Pattern War (1976)
  • The Trouble Trip (1976)
  • The Solid Gold Buddha (1979)
  • The Helmet and the Cross (1987)

    • References

    W. H. Canaway Wikipedia
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