Augustus Muir

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Augustus Muir (full name Charles Augustus Carlow Muir [1892-1982]) graduated from the University of Edinburgh and followed a career in letters, working as a novelist, historian, biographer, journalist, and editor. Following World War I, he became the editor of the *World* newspaper. He wrote a biography of Charles White, the anecdotal *Scotland's Road of Romance: Travels in the Footsteps of Prince Charlie* (1934), and several histories of industrial firms. In 1953, he edited *How to Choose and Enjoy Wine*. Muir had a brief try at screen-writing and was the coauthor with Joseph Krumgold of *The Phantom Submarine* (1940), which starred Bruce Bennett and Anita Louise. He had a burst of popularity in the 1920s and 1930s (his entire mystery-writing career spanned only 1925-1940, with fifteen books published). Virtually all of Muir's mystery thrillers were set in Scotland. He also wrote two thrillers under the pseudonym Austin Moore: *Birds of the Night* (1930) and *The House of Lies* (1932), both of which were reissued as by Augustus Muir. [From *The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries*, by Otto Penzler (2014)]

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The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
Representative edition published 1985
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How to choose and enjoy wine
Representative edition published 1972
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The vintner of Nazareth
Representative edition published 1972
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The story of Shotts
Representative edition published 1953
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A Victorian shipowner
Representative edition published 1978
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In Blackburne valley
Representative edition published 1969
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The history of Baker Perkins
Representative edition published 1968
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The Kenyon tradition
Representative edition published 1964
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Andersons of Islington
Representative edition published 1963
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Churchill and Sim, 1813-1963
Representative edition published 1963
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John White
Representative edition published 1958
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The story of Jesus
Representative edition published 1954
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How to choose and enjoy wine
Representative edition published 1953
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Scottish portrait
Representative edition published 1948
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Heather-track & high road
Representative edition published 1945
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The intimate thoughts of John Baxter, bookseller
Representative edition published 1942
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The man who stole the crown jewels
Representative edition published 1937
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Scotland's road to romance
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The bronze door
Representative edition published 1936
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Satyr mask
Representative edition published 1936
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Raphael, M. D
Representative edition published 1935
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Scotland's road of romance
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The green lantern
Representative edition published 1933
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The riddle of Garth
Representative edition published 1933
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