William Philip Atkey (1908–1985) better known under the pseudonym Barry Perowne, was an English writer, best known for his crime fiction.
[1] Atkey also published books under his own name and under the pseudonym Pat Merriman.
[2] He was invited to do so in 1932, and after World War II regularly published in Ellery Queen's Magazine, The Saint Magazine and John Bull.
[2] An amateur cricketer, Atkey played for the Somerset Stragglers.
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