Tony Kenrick

Tony Kenrick (born 1935) is an Australian-born writer of thriller fiction and caper comedies. Two of his novels were adapted into movies, and several more were optioned.

In a typical Kenrick novel, a protagonist sets out to make some easy money, more or less legally, but winds up helping to save the day against really dangerous villains. Some of his books contain elements of science fiction, most notably ''The Night-Time Guy'' (1979) and ''Glitterbug'' (1991), which feature protagonists who are not scientists but find themselves the victims of science-fictional circumstances. His comical crime novels have been compared with those of Donald E. Westlake.

Kenrick's 1975 novel ''Stealing Lillian'', in which a con artist is enlisted to stage a kidnapping in order to capture a gang of terrorists, was included in the Tozai Mystery Best 100 list of 1985. Art Bourgeau called it a "classic" in ''The Mystery Lover's Companion'' (1986). Provided by Wikipedia