Background
William Edward Vickers was born in 1889, in the United Kingdom.
Charterhouse Rd, Godalming GU7 2DL, United Kingdom
Charterhouse School where William Edward Vickers studied.
Radcliffe Sq, Oxford OX1 4AJ, United Kingdom
Brasenose College where William Edward Vickers studied.
Charterhouse Rd, Godalming GU7 2DL, United Kingdom
Charterhouse School where William Edward Vickers studied.
Radcliffe Sq, Oxford OX1 4AJ, United Kingdom
Brasenose College where William Edward Vickers studied.
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Shadow-Sefton-Kyle-VICKERS/dp/B001UITXHM/?tag=2022091-20
1924
https://www.amazon.com/Swell-Garrick-John-Vickers-Spencer/dp/B000IZ19AM/?tag=2022091-20
1933
https://www.amazon.com/During-Majestys-Pleasure-Sefton-KYLE/dp/B001UIMUMM/?tag=2022091-20
1938
https://www.amazon.com/Missing-Sefton-KYLE/dp/B004H7HDUM/?tag=2022091-20
1938
https://www.amazon.com/Judges-Dilemma-Sefton-Pseudonym-Vickers/dp/B003A9RX7Q/?tag=2022091-20
1939
(Mr Justice Heilbronn did not enjoy holding the inquiry in...)
Mr Justice Heilbronn did not enjoy holding the inquiry into the wreck of the Marigonda and its subsequent circumstances. For one thing there was a desert island in it. And then there was that preposterous suggestion about a wild man inhabiting the island. On top of it all there was this sole survivor accusing himself of the moral responsibility for the death of one of the party. A sole survivor; so who or what killed the other six?
https://www.amazon.com/Sole-Survivor-William-Edward-Vickers-ebook/dp/B07VGXXXXF/?tag=2022091-20
1951
William Edward Vickers was born in 1889, in the United Kingdom.
William Edward Vickers attended Charterhouse School. He also studied at Brasenose College, but he left it without a degree. Vickers also studied law at the Middle Temple but never practiced.
William Edward Vickers started his career as a salesman, a newspaper crime reporter, and a ghostwriter. He published nonfiction articles for newspapers and magazines. In 1913 he started to work as a writer in the Novel Magazine where he published twenty short stories. In 1914 Vickers published his first book Lord Roberts: the Story of His Life. He worked in the Novel Magazine until 1919 and devoted his time to writing. He wrote such novels as The Mystery of the Scented Death, A Murder for a Million, The Radingham Mystery and others. He wrote a series of thirty-eight short stories concerning the affairs of the Department of Dead Ends. Vickers also wrote books under pseudonyms Roy C. Vickers, David Durham, Sefton Kyle, and John Spencer.
(Mr Justice Heilbronn did not enjoy holding the inquiry in...)
1951Quotes from others about the person
A critic for the Times Literary Supplement: Vicker’s “portrait of the claimant. . . shows an understanding of human nature far beyond that of the average detective-novelist and promising well for the author’s future, if he could be persuaded to adhere to the strict realism which has earned him his present popularity.
The Manchester Evening News about one of William Edward Vickers's collections: One of the half-dozen successful books of detective short stories published since the days of Sherlock Holmes.
William Edward Vickers married Mary van Rossem. The marriage produced a son.
