Milward Rodon Kennedy Burge (21 June 1894[1] – 20 January 1968) was an Englishcivil servant, journalist, crime writer and literary critic. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He served with British Military Intelligence in World War I and then worked for the International Labour Organization and the Egyptian government. He was London editor of the Empire Digest and reviewed mystery fiction for The Sunday Times and The Guardian. He retired in the 1960s to West Sussex. Burge married Georgina Lee in 1921 and after her death married Eveline Schrieber Billiat in 1926. He also wrote under the pseudonym Evelyn Elder.
Kennedy specialised in police mysteries, but also wrote about the adventures of Sir George Bull, a professional private investigator. He also collaborated with other members of The Detection Club on The Floating Admiral and Ask a Policeman. His series characters are Sir George Bull and Inspector Cornford.
Bibliography
The Bleston Mystery (1928) with A. G. Macdonell. As Robert Milward Kennedy
The Corpse on the Mat (1929).[2] Serialised in the US in 1930 as The Man Who Rang the Bell
Corpse Guards Parade (1929)
Half Mast Murder (1930)
Death in a Deck-Chair (1930)
Death to the Rescue (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931) with others
The Murderer of Sleep (1932)
Bull's Eye (1933)
Ask a Policeman (1933) with others
Corpse in Cold Storage (1934)
Poison in the Parish (1935)
Sic Transit Gloria (1936). Serialised in the US in 1936 as Scornful Corpse
