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Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, (born 29 September 1930) is an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as a television series from 1987 to 2000.
Dexter was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and was educated at Stamford School, where his brother, John Dexter, had been before him. After completing his National Service with the Royal Corps of Signals he read classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953 and receiving an honorary Masters Degree in 1958.
In 1954, he started his teaching career in the East Midlands, becoming assistant classics master at Wyggeston School, Leicester. A post at Loughborough Grammar School followed, before he took up the position of senior classics teacher at Corby Grammar School, Northamptonshire, in 1959.
In 1966, he was forced by the onset of deafness to retire from teaching, and took up the post of Senior Assistant Secretary at the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations (UODLE) in Oxford – a job he held until his retirement in 1988.
Dexter featured prominently in the BBC programme "How to Solve a Cryptic Crossword" as part of the Time Shift series broadcast in November 2008 in which he recounted some of the crossword clues solved by Morse.
He started writing mysteries in 1973 during a family holiday: "We were in a little guest house halfway between Caernarfon and Pwllheli. It was a Saturday and it was raining – it's not unknown for it to rain in North Wales. The children were moaning ... I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the world to the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, cask ale and Wagner reflect Dexter's own enthusiasms. Dexter's plots are notable for his use of false leads and other red herrings.
The success of the 33 episodes of the TV series Inspector Morse, produced between 1987 and 2001, brought further acclaim for Dexter. In the manner of Alfred Hitchcock, he also makes a cameo appearance in almost all episodes. More recently, his character from the Morse series, the stalwart Sgt (now Inspector) Lewis features in 20 episodes of the new ITV series Lewis. As with Morse, Dexter makes a cameo appearance in several episodes giving him a violet flower.
Dexter suggested the English poet A E Housman as his "great life" on the BBC Radio 4 programme of that name in May 2008. Dexter and Housman were both classicists who found a popular audience for another genre of writing.
Dexter has been the recipient of several Crime Writers' Association awards: two Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead in 1979 and The Dead of Jericho in 1981; two Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead in 1989 and The Way Through the Woods in 1992; and a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 1997. In 1996 Dexter received a Macavity Award for his short story Evans Tries an O-Level. In 1980, he was elected a member of the by-invitation-only Detection Club.
In 2000 Dexter was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to literature.
In September 2011, the University of Lincoln awarded Dexter with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree - a higher doctorate which is frequently awarded in recognition of outstanding scholarship or other merits.
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Inspector Morse Series
Colin Dexter - Last Bus To Woodstock (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - Last Seen Wearing (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Silent World Of Nicholas Quinn (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - Service Of All The Dead (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Dead Of Jericho (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Riddle Of The Third Mind (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Secret Of Annexe 3 (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Wench Is Dead (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Jewel That Was Ours (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Way Through The Woods (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - Morse's Greatest Mysteries (read by Patrick Tull)
Colin Dexter - The Daughters Of Cain (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - Death Is Now My Neighbor (read by Samuel West)
Colin Dexter - The Remorseful Day (read by Samuel West)
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