Author. A writer of crime fiction novels, he was best known for the "Inspector Ghote" series. Born Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating, the son of a prep school director, he dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and joined the Army. Following his discharge, he attended Trinity College in Dublin, where he studied Languages (French) and after graduation worked as a journalist. In 1959, he initiated his career as a novelist with "Death and the Visiting Firemen" and launched the "Inspector Ghote" series with "The Perfect Murder" (1964), which earned him the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Keating received a second Gold Dagger Award for "The Murder of the Maharajah" (1980).
Author. A writer of crime fiction novels, he was best known for the "Inspector Ghote" series. Born Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating, the son of a prep school director, he dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and joined the Army. Following his discharge, he attended Trinity College in Dublin, where he studied Languages (French) and after graduation worked as a journalist. In 1959, he initiated his career as a novelist with "Death and the Visiting Firemen" and launched the "Inspector Ghote" series with "The Perfect Murder" (1964), which earned him the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Keating received a second Gold Dagger Award for "The Murder of the Maharajah" (1980).
Bio by: C.S.
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