Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Born: November 29, 1931
Died: November 26, 2009 (aged 77)
Bio: Geoffrey Moorhouse, D.Litt was an English journalist and author. He was born Geoffrey Heald in Bolton and took his stepfather's surname. He attended Bury Grammar School. He began writing as a journalist on the Bolton Evening News.
Known for:
- The fearful void (1974)
- Sun dancing (1997)
- The Pilgrimage of Grace (2002)
- Calcutta (1971)
- Hell's Foundations (1992)