I'm Gary Dexter. I've written various books, both fiction and non-fiction, and you can see reviews of them in the national press below. I am also the author, under the name Alex Quick, of the manual 102 Ways to Write a Novel.
The Oxford Despoiler (Old St, 2009), a Victorian detective mystery. Translated into French and German.
'Wonderfully accomplished ... The whole thing is a delight' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH * 'Henry St Liver is like a character from Viz as rendered by Simon Schama: deliciously silly but crafted with such wry historical precision that Conan Doyle himself would struggle to deduce he was a parody' TIME OUT * 'A warm and cleverly observed pastiche of the Victorian detective genre, fuelled by affection rather than by disdain' SPECTATOR * |
selected journalism
'Writers' Letters': a fortnightly cartoon strip in the Spectator, 2017-18
'Title Stories': a fortnightly cartoon strip in the Spectator, 2015-16
'Alternative Reading': a fortnightly column in the Spectator magazine 2005-2010, exploring the unknown writing careers of famous authors.
'Writers on Writers': a weekly column in the Guardian, 2005-2008: a compilation of backbiting quotes about writers, by fellow writers.
'Title Stories': a fortnightly cartoon strip in the Spectator, 2015-16
'Alternative Reading': a fortnightly column in the Spectator magazine 2005-2010, exploring the unknown writing careers of famous authors.
'Writers on Writers': a weekly column in the Guardian, 2005-2008: a compilation of backbiting quotes about writers, by fellow writers.
Please contact me if desired at gdexter1882@gmail.com