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Gerald Verner

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Gerald Verner


Born
in Streatham, London, The United Kingdom
June 26, 1897

Died
September 16, 1980

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Gerald Verner is one of the pseudonyms used by John Robert Stuart Pringle, who was born in Streatham, London, on 31 January 1897.

In his early writing days he used the name Donald Stuart, under which name he wrote 44 stories for the Sexton Blake Library as well as six stories for Union Jack and three for the Thriller magazine. In addition he wrote two stage plays, 'Sexton Blake' and 'The Shadow', two films, 'The Man Outside' (1933) and 'The Shadow' (1933) under the Stuart name. Later a number of his books were adapted for radio serials, stage plays and films.

He became a hugely successful thriller writer, producing more than 120 novels that were translated in 35 languages. The Duke of Windsor was a big Verner fan and at one time he was presen
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“nothing is more conducive to depression than loss of sleep.”
Gerald Verner, The Complete Trevor Lowe Series

“Love was only a synonym for sex; loyalty to anything was regarded as a joke; kindness, a weakness. They had no standards—nothing except an undisciplined gratification of their emotions of the moment.”
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“Psychologists have stated that the human brain is incapable of holding two troubles at the same time and giving an equal amount of attention to each. The greater worry will invariably overcome the lesser,”
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