Martin Ryle

I was born on September 27, 1918, the second of five children.

In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

In 1948 I was appointed to a Lectureship in Physics and in 1949 elected to a Fellowship at Trinity College.

I broke with my religion in college.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.