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== Early Life == |
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Davies was born into a mining family in South Wales. He won a scholarship to [[Aberystwyth University|UCW Aberystwyth]] where he studied international politics, followed by an MA in First World War poetry. |
Davies was born into a mining family in South Wales. He won a scholarship to [[Aberystwyth University|UCW Aberystwyth]] where he studied international politics, followed by an MA in First World War poetry. |
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== Career == |
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Davies worked for the ”[[Daily Mail]]” and [[Mirror Group]] as a reporter and feature writer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirrorpensioners.co.uk/obituary/murray-davies/ |title=Murray Davies |author=Mike McCarthy |date=18 September 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2025 |publisher=Association of Mirror Pensioners}}</ref> |
Davies worked for the ”[[Daily Mail]]” and [[Mirror Group]] as a reporter and feature writer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirrorpensioners.co.uk/obituary/murray-davies/ |title=Murray Davies |author=Mike McCarthy |date=18 September 2014 |accessdate=9 November 2025 |publisher=Association of Mirror Pensioners}}</ref> |
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After twenty years as a journalist he became a novelist, writing alternate history stories. Davies’ debut novel, ”The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sands”, was published in 1999. He then wrote the four-part “In The Eye of the Storm” series between 2000 and 2005; the third installment, ”[[Collaborator (novel)|Collaborator]]”, won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#pagebox|title=Sidewise Awards for Alternate History|publisher=Uchronia|accessdate=18 May 2011}}</ref> Davies’ next novel ”Welcome to Meantime” was published shortly before his death in 2014, and after his death ”Bad Blood in Meantime” was published in 2016. |
After twenty years as a journalist he became a novelist, writing alternate history stories. Davies’ debut novel, ”The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sands”, was published in 1999. He then wrote the four-part “In The Eye of the Storm” series between 2000 and 2005; the third installment, ”[[Collaborator (novel)|Collaborator]]”, won the [[Sidewise Award for Alternate History]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/complete.html#pagebox|title=Sidewise Awards for Alternate History|publisher=Uchronia|accessdate=18 May 2011}}</ref> Davies’ next novel ”Welcome to Meantime” was published shortly before his death in 2014, and after his death ”Bad Blood in Meantime” was published in 2016. |
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== Death == |
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Latterly, Davies suffered with illness before dying in 2014. |
Latterly, Davies suffered with illness before dying in 2014. |
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Latest revision as of 22:53, 9 November 2025
Welsh writer
Murray Davies (2 August 1947 – 10 September 2014) was a Welsh writer.
Davies was born into a mining family in South Wales. He won a scholarship to UCW Aberystwyth where he studied international politics, followed by an MA in First World War poetry.
Davies worked for the Daily Mail and Mirror Group as a reporter and feature writer.[1]
After twenty years as a journalist he became a novelist, writing alternate history stories. Davies’ debut novel, The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sands, was published in 1999. He then wrote the four-part “In The Eye of the Storm” series between 2000 and 2005; the third installment, Collaborator, won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2003.[2] Davies’ next novel Welcome to Meantime was published shortly before his death in 2014, and after his death Bad Blood in Meantime was published in 2016.
Latterly, Davies suffered with illness before dying in 2014.
- The Drumbeat of Jimmy Sands (1999)
- The Samson Option (2000)
- The Devil’s Handshake (2002)
- Collaborator (2003)
- The Dogs in the Streets (2005) – re-released as Blood Lines in 2018
- Welcome to Meantime (2014)
- Bad Blood in Meantime (2016)
- The Undone Years (2018)
