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Dennis Wheatley | |
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![]() Portrait by Allan Warren, 1975 | |
Born | Dennis Yates Wheatley 8 January 1897 Brixton Hill, London, England |
Died | 10 November 1977 Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, London, England | (aged 80)
Resting place | Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England |
Occupation | Writer, editor[1] |
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | British |
Period | 1930–1980[1] |
Genre | Adventure, occult, and historical fiction[1] |
Notable works | [1] |
Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was a British writer whose prolific output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the 1960s.[1]