David Williams
David Williams (1926-2003) was a Welsh author of crime fiction novels. His series included the Mark Treasure and the Inspector Parry series. Williams studied at Hereford Cathedral School and St. John’s College, Oxford. In the middle of university, he went off to serve as an officer with the Royal Navy during World War II. Williams would go on to as a medical copywriter until a stroke caused him to become a crime writer instead. He had already started writing crime fiction in his spare time.