Graham King (3 works by) (a.k.a. G. P. King; Graham Peter King )
Born: Established: 16 Oct 1930 Adelaide ; Died: 25 May 1999 London
Gender: Male
AC-BAL Other books by Graham King 1930- listed in COPAC:20 Songs and Poems, Say 'cheese'! : the snapshot as art and social history / Graham King 1930- (London : Collins, 1986, c1984) and By Graham King (no date) works on a number of other topics. No way to distinguish between the HarperCollins G King and the SA one. Is it the same person? AC 16.3.05 Correspondence with his executors appears to confirm that the prolific writer on grammar, spelling, punctuation etc is in fact the novelist. Correspondence filed in infoaustlitarchive 12.5.05. Lyn Norvel (BL) has sighted 20 Songs and Poems and considers that while there is no information to confirm it, this writer appears to be 'our' Graham King. 'Facsimile' in Killtest is addressed to G P King - book by Graham King.AC 25.5.05.

BiographyHistory

Graham King grew up in the post-depression years. His father, a railwayman, was out of work, and this meant a lot of moving around, finding work on farms. Graham studied mining and geology at Adelaide University in the 1940s, then worked as a draughtsman and cartographer before changing his career and joining the new television station, Channel 9, in 1960. He became involved in newspaper promotion for the Murdoch press at a time when circulation wars were at their peak, and in 1969 went to London to work on News of the World and help launch The Sun, introducing the idea of sectional layout to the British newspaper industry.

King's other works include Garden of Zola : Emile Zola and his novels for English readers (1978) and a number of HarperCollins Wordpower books on grammar, punctuation, good writing etc. He also published books on photography and edited Jim White's Diary: A Countryman's Year on the North Downs of Kent (1985).