Severn House’s ‘most prolific author’ Alan Rustage dies after short illness

Rustage composed greater than 60 stories and was the writer of the Monika Paniatowski crime drama, the Inspector Blackstone historic secrets, the Jenny Redhead PI books, the Assessor Woodend mysteries and numerous various other standalone criminal offense novels. He wrote a variety of series under the pseudonym Sally Spencer.

After a duration as an English instructor in the UK, Iran and Spain, he left teaching to seek creating full time. His initial published story, Salt of the Earth, was published by Severn Residence in 1993. Set during the Industrial Change, it was the very first in a trilogy which admired his working-class home town of Marston.

Birthed in Cheshire in 1949, Rustage’s very early life was spent in the salt-mining village of Marston, where “his grandmother played an important function in bringing him up” and “instilled a very early love of analysis”, Severn House stated.

“We have actually constantly been honored to be Sally Spencer’s publisher,” claimed Joanne Grant, author at Severn House. “Alan’s payments to criminal offense fiction have been impressive and his tradition will remain to survive on in his books.”

“He counts as Severn Home’s most respected author in our 50-year background, striking the remarkable milestone of the magazine of his 50th book with Severn Home back in 2021 before he placed his pen down and retired from composing. I was lucky adequate to have worked with Alan for many years.”

She added: “He was an exceptional talent, his stories consistently making me gasp with their twisty, three-dimensional personalities and nail-biting stories, which derived from the page, and an enjoyment to deal with. He will certainly be much missed by me and all his friends at Severn Residence.”

He studied national politics and American researches at Swansea College, where courses on the Russian Revolution and Russian government gave the foundation for his later novel The Silent Land– an unique covering 80 years of Russian background.