Maxwell was the pseudonym of Thomas Gifford, 1937-2000,
author of some great 1970s titles such as 'The man from
Lisbon', 'The Wind Chill factor' and 'The Cabanaugh
Quest'.Also wrote as Dana Clarins.
Regards John
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jchocking"
<jchocking@...> wrote:
>
> To kick things off early, in honor of the New Month
and new topic,
I
> have a question that's bothered me for some
time.
>
> Does anyone know what became of Thomas
Maxwell?
>
> It was commonly understood that the name was a
pseudonym, but I've
> never learned who he really was.
> He appeared on the scene in 1987 with the
entertaining, emotional,
> film-noir pastiche KISS ME ONCE. Followed it with
the even more
> emotional, and far less pastiche, THE SABERDENE
VARIATIONS.
> 1988 brought the (to me, cruelly disappointing)
sequel, KISS ME
> TWICE.
> Then, in 1990, Maxwell produced THE SUSPENSE IS
KILLING ME, which I
> found even less satisfying than KISS ME
TWICE.
> And then he disappeared.
>
> I read these when they were first issued, and I was
a younger man,
> but the author's first two books struck me as
remarkably
> accomplished works that managed to balance homage to
noir works of
> the past with a genuine emotional intensity that
gave them a
> resonance quite a bit beyond that of most
pastiche.
>
> Does anyone know any more about this
author?
>
> John Hocking
>
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