Nicholas Blake

Nicholas Blake is the pseudonym of British Poet Laureate C. Day Lewis (1904-1972), who wrote mystery novels under this pen name. He writes the Nigel Strangeways series. As C. Day Lewis, he had an illustrious career both as an academic and as a literary figure, producing many collections of poetry, critical works, translations and novels. He married his second wife, actress Jill Balcon, in 1951. He had four children, including actor Daniel Day Lewis.