The author Dick Francis was formerly famous in which sport?
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 (illustrator) Dick Francis (illustrator) Dick Francis is an artist best known for his "Galaxy Science Fiction" illustrations during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1951-53, Francis was illustrating for "Amazing Stories", "Fantastic Adventures" and "Galaxy". In the January 1957 issue of "Galaxy", Francis illustrated the lead story by Kris Neville, prompting Gabriel Mckee's comment: Francis employed a loose, sketchy style that sometimes resembled the illustrational approach of Ed Emshwiller. Unlike Emshwiller, he did not do covers for "Galaxy", only interior illustrations. In the January 1954 issue of "Galaxy", the interiors were by Francis, Emshwiller, Don Sibley and Sandy Kossin, and editor H.