Colin Dexter

COLIN DEXTER


What we found out about Colin Dexter is that he is a crime writer who was born in September 1930. He is best known for his novels of Inspector Morse, which were adapted to television from 1987 to 2000. 

His novels and tv series take place in Oxford. We can find his connection with Oxford also in the University, he worked there 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.


Inspector Morse is very popular in U.S. as well, many tourists want to know the places where Inspector Morse was, so you can take a tour in Oxford to know those places.

There are 13 novels of Inspector Morse.

He has won many awards such as : 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.

By: Bárbara, Karla, Ana.