Alan Judd

Alan Judd (born 1946) is a pseudonym used by Alan Edwin Petty. Born in 1946, he is a former soldier and diplomat who now works as a security analyst and writer in the United Kingdom. He writes both books and articles, regularly contributing to a number of publications, including The Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and The Oldie. His books include both fiction and non-fiction titles, with his novels often drawing on his military background.

Fiction Titles
Charles Thoroughgood novels:
 * A Breed of Heroes (1981 - adapted by Charles Wood as a BBC television film in 1996)
 * Legacy (2001)
 * Uncommon Enemy (2012)
 * Inside Enemy (2014)
 * Deep Blue (2017)
 * Accidental Agent (2019)
 * Queen and Country (2022)

Other novels:
 * Short of Glory (1984)
 * The Noonday Devil (1987)
 * Tango (1989)
 * The Devil's Own Work (1991)
 * The Kaiser's Last Kiss (2003)
 * Dancing with Eva (2006)
 * Slipstream (2015)
 * Shakespeare's Sword (2018)
 * A Fine Madness (2021)

Non fiction Titles

 * Ford Madox Ford (1990)
 * First World War Poets (Character Sketches) (1997)
 * The Quest for C: Mansfield Cumming And the Founding of the Secret Service (1999)

Awards

 * A Breed of Heroes won the 1981 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted and became runner-up in the 1981 Booker Prize.
 * In 1991, he won the Guardian Fiction Award for his book The Devil's Own Work.