Dennis Wheatley

Dennis Wheatley was a British writer, who with his stylish thrillers and occult novels established himself as one of the world’s best-selling authors. Born on 8th January 1897 in London, Dennis was the eldest of the three children of an upper middle class family, who ran a wine business by the name of Wheatley & Son of Mayfair. Dennis was expelled from Dulwich College, after which he became a Merchant Navy officer cadet at the training ship HMS Worcester. Dennis Wheatley also served during the World Wars. In the First World War Dennis served with the Royal Field Artillery, and during Second World War, by which time his literary talents were rather known, he worked with planning staffs for the War Office, and also wrote numerous papers for the War Office.

The first Dennis Wheatley book to be published was the The Forbidden Territory, a great success, first editions of which were published in 1933. This wasn’t Dennis’ first book; his first book was the Three Inquisitive People, which was published in 1940. During the 1930s Dennis Wheatley also wrote Such Power is Dangerous, 'Old Rowley', Black August, The Fabulous Valley, The Devil Rides Out, The Eunuch of Stamboul, They Found Atlantis, Murder Off Miami, Contraband, The Secret War, Who Killed Robert Prentice, Red Eagle, Uncharted Seas, The Malinsay Massacre, The Golden Spaniard, The Quest of Julian Day, Herewith the Clues and Sixty Days to Live. Some of his other popular novels are Library of Occult, Irish Witch, etc. By 1960s and 70s Dennis Wheatley's books were selling at the rate of a million a year. Dennis Wheatley died on 10th November 1977.