Peter Haining

Biography

Peter Alexander Haining (1940–2007) was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk. Born in Enfield, Middlesex, he began his career as a reporter in Essex and then moved to London where he worked on a trade magazine before joining the publishing house of New English Library.

Haining achieved the position of Editorial Director before becoming a full-time writer in the early Seventies. He edited a large number of anthologies, predominantly of horror and fantasy short stories, wrote non-fiction books on a variety of topics from the Channel Tunnel to Sweeney Todd and also used the pen names "Ric Alexander" and "Richard Peyton" on a number of crime story anthologies.

Hitchcock Fiction Anthologies

• Guaranteed Rest in Peace: Alfred Hitchcock (1966) - Editor
• Alfred Hitchcock: The Late Unlamented (1967) - Editor
• Alfred Hitchcock: Meet Death at Night (1967) - Editor
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: This One Will Kill You (1971) - Editor
• This One Will Kill You (1972) - Editor

Links

• The Book Haven - Memories Revisited: We Remember Peter Haining (1940-2007)
• Wikipedia