Alan Anthony Price (16 August 1928 – 30 May 2019)[1][4] was an English author of espionage thrillers.
He attended The King's School, Canterbury and served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949, reaching the rank of captain.
[4][5] He was the author of nineteen novels in the Dr David Audley/Colonel Jack Butler series.
These books focus on a group of counter-intelligence agents who work for an organization loosely based on the real MI5.
Price died in Blackheath, London, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 30 May 2019, at the age of 90.