Elmore was a founding member of the Norfolk-based Crime Writers' Association in 1953.

These three have since been reprinted by the British Library. The first two were The Lake District Murder and The Cornish Coast Murder, published in 1935, followed the next year by The Sussex Downs Murder. In December 2015, Elmore's photo appeared in The Times of London, along with a lengthy article detailing the success of reprints of his books.Įlmore published 30 crime novels under the pseudonym John Bude, with Inspector William Meredith appearing in most of them. Together Elmore and his wife had a daughter, Jennifer, and a son, Richard. They married in Maidstone in 1933 and moved to Beckley, Sussex, where he became a full-time writer. In 1931 he is known to have been living in the village of Loose, Kent, before returning to Maidstone, where he produced plays for the local dramatic society. Much of Elmore's early writing took place in dressing rooms during his spare time. His interest in dramatics led him to join the Lena Ashwell Players as stage manager, touring the country with the company. While there he also assisted with the school's dramatic activities.

He attended Mill Hill School until 1919 as a boarder, and then studied at a secretarial college in Cheltenham, before becoming a games master at St Christopher School, Letchworth. Life Įlmore was born in Maidstone, Kent in 1901. He wrote his crime novels under the pseudonym John Bude. Ernest Carpenter Elmore (4 November 1901 – 8 November 1957) was an English theatre producer and director, and writer of crime and fantasy novels.

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