Dick Francis wrote novels based in what environment?
Dick Francis teacher, in the novel "Twice Shy". The older son, Merrick, was a racehorse trainer and later ran his own horse transport business, which inspired the novel "Driving Force". Father and son collaborated on four novels. After his father's death, Felix carried on to publish novels with his father's name in the title ("Dick Francis's Gamble" (2011), "Dick Francis's Bloodline" (2012), "Dick Francis's Refusal" (2013), "Dick Francis's Damage" (2014), "Front Runner: A Dick Francis Novel" (2015)), including a return for Sid Halley. Francis is the only three-time recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Novel, winning for
Dick Francis what I do, really, and it's useful, and I'm not terribly good at twiddling my thumbs." Francis collaborated extensively in his fiction with his wife, Mary, until her death. Learning this was a surprise to some readers and reviewers. He credited her with being a great researcher for the novels. In 1981, Don Clippinger interviewed the Francises for "The Philadelphia Inquirer" and wrote, "When Dick Francis sits down each January to begin writing another of his popular mystery-adventure novels, it is almost a certain bet that his wife, Mary, has developed a new avocation... For instance, in "Rat Race", [the