A. J. Cronin

A. J. Cronin is the pen-name of the Scottish novelist Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896-January 9, 1981). He is remembered chiefly as the author of The Citadel and The Keys of the Kingdom, both of which were translated into Oscar-nominated films. His Dr. Finlay stories, which were based on characters from his autobiography, Adventures in Two Worlds, became a long-running BBC drama series.

Bibliography

Many of the following books were made into films under the same title:

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• Hatter's Castle (1931) (ISBN 9997403789)
• Three Loves (1932) (ISBN 0575000694)
• Grand Canary (1933) (ISBN 0575016078)
• The Stars Look Down (1935) (ISBN 045000497X)
• The Citadel (1938) (ISBN 0316161837)
• Lady with Carnations (1939) (ISBN 0575021942)
• Jupiter Laughs: A play in three acts (1940) (ISBN B0007J5ZO0) filmed as Shining Victory (1941)
• Vigil in the Night (1940)
• The Keys of the Kingdom (1942) (ISBN 0316161845)
• The Green Years (1944) (ISBN 0575004797)
• The Adventures of a Black Bag (1946)
• Shannon's Way (1948)
• The Spanish Gardener (1950)
• Adventures in Two Worlds (1952)
• Beyond This Place (aka Web of Evidence, 1953)
• Crusader's Tomb (1956)
• A Thing of Beauty (1956)
• The Northern Light (1958)
• The Native Doctor (aka An Apple in Eden, 1959)
• The Judas Tree (1961)
• The Innkeeper's Wife (1962)
• A Song of Sixpence (1964)
• A Question of Modernity (1966)
• A Pocketful of Rye (1969)
• Enchanted Snow (1971)
• The Minstrel Boy (1975)
• Desmonde (1975)
• Gracie Lindsay (1978)
• Short Stories from Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1979)
• Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae (1985)