Eric Ambler, English author

Oct. 3, 1955 - Paris, France - ERIC AMBLER was born in London. His parents had been entertainers and Ambler himself also toured in the late 1920s as a music-hall comedian and wrote plays. From 1924 to 1927 he studied engineering at London University and took up an apprenticeship at the Edison Swan Electric Company, where he worked in its advertising department. In the 30s Ambler wrote avant-garde plays. By 1937 he was the director of a London ad agency. After resigning he moved to Paris for some time and devoted himself to writing thrillers and spy novels

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