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About Ronald Hardy
- Ronald Harold Hardy (16 November 1919 – October 1991) was an English novelist and screenwriter.
- His first novel The Place of Jackals was published in 1954 to acclaim.
- Hardy drew on his experiences as a liaison officer in Indochina during World War II in the writing of this novel.
- A review in Time magazine claimed that the novel "establishes him as Graham Greene's No.
- 1 disciple." Hardy won the 1962 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his fifth novel Act of Destruction.
- Besides his nine works of fiction, he wrote one non-fiction book about the construction of the Uganda Railway entitled The Iron Snake. Hardy was also a TV screenwriter, with Suspense and Armchair Theatre among his credits.
- He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant before turning to writing.
- He married Joyce Cook and had two children.
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