Michael Kenyon (British writer)

Author of more than twenty humorous mystery novels, he was one of the first in the field of spoof-espionage story telling, but was perhaps better known for the Superintendent O'Malley, and latterly Inspector Henry Peckover, series of books.

A New York Times review said, "In Inspector Peckover Mr. Kenyon has created a very valuable addition to the classic British detective.

"[1] Kenyon was also a regular contributor to Gourmet magazine, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.

He did his National Service with the Royal Air Force and afterwards read history at Wadham College, Oxford.

On his return to England, and after many unsuccessful applications to the BBC and up to thirty different newspapers, he finally secured a position as a reporter with the Bristol Evening Post, where he also contributed as Gloucestershire cricket correspondent.