Clive Leo McNeir


Clive Leo McNeir is a British linguist, lexicographer, and author of a series of crime novels. As a director of The European Language Initiative, he compiled and edited 12 dictionaries in 15 languages, the first one being published by Cassell in 1993.

Education

McNeir received a bachelor's degree in French and German from the Queen Mary University of London, where he studied from 1963 to 1967.

Personal life

He and his wife, cookery writer Cassandra, live in a 300-year-old cottage in rural Northamptonshire.

Dictionaries and reference works

Cassell Multilingual Dictionary of Local Government and Business: The European Language InitiativeGeiriadur Terminoleg Trefniadaeth: Dictionary of Procedural Terms
  • ''Thesaurus of the Gaelic Language''

Crime novels

Marnie Walker SeriesGetaway with murder Death in Little Venice Kiss and Tell Devil in the Detail No Secrets Sally Ann's Summer Smoke and Mirrors Gifthorse Stick in the Mud Smoke Without Fire Witching hour To Have and to Hold Beyond the Grave
  • ''Ivory Tower''