(1931-    ) US author, mostly of crime fiction, whose borderline Near Future Sparrow sequence – Their Man in the White House (1971), This Suitcase Is Going to Explode (1972) and Pandemic (1973) – sees America at risk of Russian skulduggery, though Charlie Sparrow stands in the way. [JC]

Tom Ardies

born Seattle, Washington: 5 August 1931

died

works

• Their Man in the White House (New York: Doubleday, 1971) [hb/]
• This Suitcase Is Going to Explode (New York: Doubleday, 1972) [hb/]
• Pandemic (New York: Doubleday, 1973) [hb/]
• Kosygin is Coming (New York: Doubleday, 1974) [hb/]
  • Russian Roulette (London: Panther, 1975) [vt of above: pb/]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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