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- Reginald Hill was born on April 3, 1936 in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Inspecteurs associés (1996), Bring Back the Cat (2016) and A Pinch of Snuff (1994). He was married to Patricia Ruell. He died on January 12, 2012 in Ravenglass, Cumbria, England, UK.
- SpousePatricia Ruell(1960 - January 12, 2012) (his death)
- The name of his character Andrew Dalziel is pronounced DEE-ell.
- He used his wife's name, Patricia Ruell, as the basis for the pen name Patrick Ruell under which some of his earlier books were published.
- He was the son of a professional rugby player who was the evident model for the rugby star in "A Clubbable Woman." After studying English at Oxford, he became a teacher, but gave it up in 1980 to become a full-time writer.
- He was awarded the Golden Dagger from the Crime Writers Association, a British organization, "Bones and Silence," in 1990. He was given the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Diamond Dagger, from the Crime Writers Association in 1995.
- He is survived by his wife, Pat Hill of Cumbria, England; his brothers, David Hill and Desmond Hill.
- [when the 21st Dalziel and Pascoe novel was published in 2007, an interviewer asked him if this was his 48th published novel to date] That sounds very reasonable. I counted religiously till I got to 10, then in a more secular fashion till I got to 20, and after that I lost interest in keeping a tally. I mean, if 20 doesn't mean you're a real writer, then what number does?
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