Howard Engel

HOWARD ENGEL is the creator of the acclaimed Benny Cooperman mystery series, which has been published in more than 15 languages and adapted into two TV movies produced by the CBC and broadcast around the world. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2007, won the Writers' Trust of Canada Matt Cohen award for a life in writing in 2004, and received an honourary doctorate from Brock University. Engel experienced a mild stroke several years ago, leaving him unable to read but still able to write. His experiences of this condition, alexia sine agraphia, have been written about by Oliver Sacks in The New Yorker and in a recent book. Since his diagnosis, Engel continues to write prolifically and has detailed living with his condition through a memoir (The Man Who Forgot How To Read) and in his acclaimed Benny Cooperman series (Memory Book).

Books by Howard Engel

City of Fallen Angels

1988 Howard Engel Giftset

Howard Engel Giftset

Man Who Forgot How To Read

Suicide Murders

Ransom Game

There Was an Old Woman

Dead and Buried

Cooperman Variations

Getting Away with Murder

Murder Sees The Light

Murder On Location

Victim Must Be Found

City Called July

East of Suez

Memory Book

Lord High Executioner

Crimes of Passion

Mr Doyle And Dr Bell