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Felix Francis (born 1953) is a British crime writer who is Dick Francis’s younger son.〔"dickfrancis.com biographies. http://www.dickfrancis.com/site/DIFR/Templates/General2.aspx?pageid=8&cc=GB〕 Felix studied Physics and Electronics at London University and then embarked upon a 17-year career teaching Advanced Level physics at three schools, the last seven as head of the science department at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire,〔http://www.malverncollege.org.uk/General-Information/College-Management/〕 before quitting to look after his father's affairs.〔Karl Quinn, "Son keeps the Dick Francis story galloping along", The Age (Australia), October 30, 2009, http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/books/son-keeps-the-dick-francis-story-galloping-along/2009/10/29/1256405473995.html〕 He currently lives in Oxfordshire.〔"My space: Felix Francis, author", Daily Telegraph (UK), 06 Sep 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/interiorsandshopping/8742959/My-space-Felix-Francis-author.html〕 From 1993 to 2005 he was a director and deputy chairman of World Challenge Expeditions Ltd. He is a former governor of Winchester House Prep School and is a governor of Malvern College.〔http://www.malverncollege.org.uk/General-Information/College-Management〕 Felix remembers conversations around the Francis breakfast table being somewhat unconventional. “The production of a Dick Francis novel has always been a mixture of inspiration, perspiration and teamwork. The first one was published when I was nine, and I grew up in a house where breakfast talk would be about the damage a bullet might do to a man’s guts rather than the more mundane topics of everyday life”, he says. Over the past 40 years Felix assisted Dick with both the research and the writing of many of his novels. Dick's wife, Mary Francis, had done much of this duty until her death in 2000 when Felix took over her work.〔Peter Stanford, "Anything Dad could do... Felix Francis, son of thriller writer Dick Francis, pens his first solo effort", The Telegraph (UK), 01 Sep 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/books/8733150/Anything-Dad-could-do...-Felix-Francis-son-of-thriller-writer-Dick-Francis-pens-his-first-solo-effort.html〕 Felix and his father shared a love of racing and often worked together on plot and character details at Dick’s home in the Cayman Islands. This partnership allowed Dick to draw upon Felix’s knowledge and experience as a physics teacher in ''Twice Shy''〔 and his past as an international marksman in ''Shattered'' (2000) and ''Under Orders'' (2006). With the publication of ''Dead Heat'' in 2007, Felix took on a more significant role in writing.〔 ''Silks'' (2008) was the second novel in this father-and-son collaboration and ''Even Money'' (2009) was the third.〔MARILYN STASIO, "Dick Francis, Jockey and Writer, Dies at 89", New York Times, February 14, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/books/15francis.html?pagewanted=all〕 ''Crossfire'' (2010) was the novel Dick and Felix Francis were working on when Dick died in February 2010. His first novel written without his father was ''Gamble'', published in September 2011, although it is still labeled as "a Dick Francis novel" written by Felix Francis.〔 == Novels == * ''Dead Heat'' (2007) – co-author * ''Silks'' (2008) – co-author * ''Even Money'' (2009) – co-author * ''Crossfire'' (2010) – co-author * ''Gamble'' (2011) * ''Bloodline'' (2012) * ''Refusal'' (2013) * ''Damage'' (2014) * ''Front Runner'' (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Felix Francis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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