PERIODIC TABLE OF MYSTERY AUTHORS

Dick Francis

Dick Francis, full name Richard Stanley Francis (31 Oct 1921-):
Dick Francis
     British Flying Officer (Royal Air Force), steeplechase jockey, 
     1953-54 National Hunt Champion, racing correspondant; winner 1965 
     Silver Dagger Award; winner 1980 Golden Dagger Award; 
     winner 1969 and 1981 Edgar Allan Poe awards; 1984 awarded 
     O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire): no known Web page
     * 37+ mystery/detective novels with series character Sid Halley 
          or otherwise involved in horseracing:
          * Dead Cert [1962] Alan York, Jockey
          * Nerve  [1964] Rob Finn, Jockey
          * For Kicks  [1965] Daniel Roke, Stud Farm Owner
          * Odds Against  [1965] Sid Halley, Private Investigator
          * Flying Finish  [1966] Henry Grey, Air Transport 
                  and Amateur Jockey 
          * Blood Sport  [1967] Gene Hawkins, Agent
          * Forfeit  [1969] James Tyrone, Reporter
          * Enquiry  [1969] Kelly Hughes, Jockey
          * Rat Race  [1971] Matt Shore, Pilot
          * Bonecrack  [1971] Neil Griffon, Stable Owner 
          * Smokescreen  [1972] Edward Lincoln, Actor,
               set in South Africa
          * Slayride  [1973] David Cleveland, Private 
               Investigator, set in Oslo, Norway 
          * Knockdown  [1974] Jonah Dereham, Horse Buyer 
          * High Stakes  [1975] Steven Scott, Inventor 
          * In the Frame  [1976] Charles Todd, Artist
          * Risk  [1977] Roland Britten, Accountant 
          * Trial Run  [1978] Randall Drew, retired Jockey,
                  set in Moscow, Russia
          * Whip Hand  [1979] Sid Halley, Private Investigator 
          * Reflex  [1981] Philip Nore, Jockey 
          * Twice Shy  [1982] Jonathan Derry, Physicist
          * Banker  [1982] Tim Ekaterin, Investment Banker 
          * The Danger  [1984] Andrew Douglas, Kidnapping
                  Expert
          * Proof  [1985] Tony Beach, Wine Merchant
          * Break In  [1986] Kit Fielding, Jockey
          * Bolt  [1986] Kit Fielding, Jockey
          * Hot Money  [1987] Ian Pembroke, Jockey
          * The Edge  [1988] Tor Kelsey, Security Agent,
                   set in Canada
          * Straight  [1989] Derek Franklin, Jockey
          * Longshot  [1990] John Kendall, Travel Guide Writer
          * Comeback  [1991] Peter Darwin, British First
                  Secretary, set in Miami, Florida 
          * Driving Force  [1992] Freddie Croft, Horse
                  Transporter
          * Decider  [1993] Lee Morris, Architect 
          * Wild Horses  [1994] Thomas Lyon, Filmmaker
          * Come to Grief  [1995] Sid Halley, 
                  Private Investigator
          * To the Hilt  [1996] Alexander Kinloch, Painter
                  set in the Highlands, of Scotland
          * 10 lb. Penalty  [1997] Ben Juliard, Jockey 
          * Second Wind  [1999] Perry Stuart, Meteorologist 
     * 1 screenplay "Dead Cert" from his novel [1974]
     * 1 nonfiction book (horse racing)
     * 2 books edited (horse racing)

In the Periodic Table of the Elements, "Fr" stands for Francium.
In the Periodic Table of the Mystery Authors, "Fr" stands for Dick Francis!

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[Grateful acknowledgment to Professor Erich Friedman for his permission 
for me to use the table structure and color GIFs of the Periodic Table, 
above, whose Mystery Author roll-over status names and correlation of 
Element Abbreviations with Mystery Author names are not the fault of 
Professor Erich Friedman but purely the work of Professor Jonathan Vos Post]