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Howard Engel

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Hōdo Engel

Pen Names: FX Woolf（Pen-name shared with Janet Hamilton）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-04-02 （St. Catharines, Ontario）
Died
2019-07-16 （Toronto, Ontario） age 88
Nationality
Canada
Languages
English
Residence History
St. Catharines, Ontario → Toronto, Ontario

Career

Occupations
Writer, Producer
Active Years
1980-2018
Affiliations
Crime Writers of Canada
Memberships
Founding member of Crime Writers of Canada

Awards

Order of Canada
2007
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: Member
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
2013
Organization: Government of Canada
Result: Recipient

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Suicide Murders

1980 Mystery

First Benny Cooperman detective novel

MurderDetective
Adaptations
  • [TV movie] The Suicide Murders / 不明

The Ransom Game

1981 Mystery

Benny Cooperman series

RansomCrime

Murder Sees The Light

1984 Mystery

Benny Cooperman series

MurderDetective
Adaptations
  • [TV movie] Murder Sees The Light / 不明

Memory Book

2005 Mystery

Novel reflecting his stroke-induced alexia

MemoryDisability

Bibliography

  • The Suicide Murders (1980)
  • The Ransom Game (1981)
  • Murder On Location (1982)
  • Murder Sees The Light (1984)
  • A City Called July (1986)
  • A Victim Must Be Found (1988)
  • Dead And Buried (1990)
  • The Whole Megillah (1991)
  • There Was An Old Woman (1993)
  • Getting Away With Murder (1995)
  • Murder In Space (1985, as FX Woolf)
  • Murder In Montparnasse (1992)
  • Mr. Doyle And Dr. Bell (1997)
  • A Child's Christmas In Scarborough (1997)
  • Lord High Executioner (1996)
  • Crimes Of Passion (2001)
  • The Man Who Forgot How To Read (2007)
  • My Brother's Keeper (2001)
  • The Cooperman Variations (2001)
  • East Of Suez (2008)
  • Over the River (2018)

Adaptations

  • The Suicide Murders CBC TV movie
  • Murder Sees The Light CBC TV movie

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Classic mystery style
Recurring Motifs
Niagara RegionPrivate detective Benny Cooperman

Health

  • Stroke-induced alexia sine agraphia
    2001-
    Lost ability to read but could write; recovered to publish new works

Legacy

Renowned Canadian mystery author of the Benny Cooperman series. Founding member of Crime Writers of Canada.

In Popular Culture

  • Married to noted author Marian Engel

Trivia

  • Worked as a CBC producer
  • First wife Marian Engel was a noted literary author
  • Featured in Oliver Sacks' The Mind's Eye after 2001 stroke
  • Died of pneumonia following stroke