Anthony Hyde (born 1946) is a Canadian author of spy novels, most notably The Red Fox[1] and Formosa Straits.
During the 1960s, Hyde played a leadership role in the Canadian New Left, especially with The Student Union for Peace Action, and his writing has always had a strong political element.
[8][9] Formosa Straits (1995) is set in China and Taiwan during the closing days of the Mao era,[10][11] while Double Helix (1995) involves the development of a sex-selective contraceptive vaccine.
Writing as Nicholas Chase, the Hyde brothers together wrote Locksley (1983), a historical novel about Robin Hood.
[14][15][16] Hyde has written one novel outside of the thriller genre, A Private House (2007), about the psychological, sexual and religious adventures of two women, set in contemporary Havana.