- Frederic Mullally
Frederic Mullally (born 1918,
London ) is an English journalist, public relations executive and novelist.His journalism, from 1937 to 1949, began in
India as sub-editor on "The Statesman" ofCalcutta , then as editor of the "Sunday Standard" ofBombay .Back in his birthplace,
London , he worked as a sub-editor of "The Financial News", as co-editor of the weekly "Tribune", and finally as political editor and columnist of the "Sunday Pictorial ".From 1950 to 1955, he headed the public relations firm of Mullally & Warner, with clients ranging from
Audrey Hepburn andFrank Sinatra toDouglas Fairbanks, Jr. ,Paul Getty ,Frankie Laine , theFestival Ballet andPicture Post .His first novel, was the 1958 world best-seller "Danse Macabre". This was followed by eleven more titles:
* "Man with Tin Trumpet" (1961)
* "The Assassins" (1964)
* "No Other Hunger" (1966)
* "The Prizewinner" (1967)
* "The Munich Involvement" (1968)
* "Clancy" (1971)
* "The Malta Conspiracy" (1972)
* "Venus Afflicted" (1973)
* "Hitler Has Won" (1975)
* "The Deadly Payoff" (1976)
* "The Daughters" (1988)His semi-autobiographical novel "Clancy" was dramatised by BBC TV in five one-hour episodes in 1975 and 1977 under the title "Looking for Clancy".
Non-fiction titles have included "Death Pays a Dividend" (1945) with Fenner Brockway, "Fascism Inside England" (1946), "The Silver Salver" (1981) and "Primo:The Story of Man-Mountain Carnera" (1991).
Between books, Mullally compiled and wrote with the collaboration with the BBC a record album, "The Sounds of Time" a dramatised history of Britain (1933-45) and the long running Penthouse magazine's strip cartoon "Oh Wicked Wanda!".
In 1949 he abandoned a prospective candidature of the Labour Party for the
constituency ofFinchley andFriern Barnet . Apart from occasional freelance journalism he is now retired and living inWest London .External links
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