F. L. Green


Frederick Laurence Green was a British writer who had 14 titles published between 1934 and 1952. He is best known for his 1945 novel, Odd Man Out, which was adapted into a film.
Born in Portsmouth, on 6 April 1902, Green published his first novel, Julius Penton, in 1934. It was his second book, 1939's On [the Night of the Fire (novel)|On the Night of the Fire], which made his name. On the Night of the Fire was also adapted for the screen in 1939 and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst.
In 1929, he married Irish-born Margaret Edwards, with whom he lived in Belfast from the mid-1930s. His last novel, Ambush for the Hunter, was published in 1952.
Green died in Bristol, on 14 April 1953, aged 51.

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