Order of Nicholas Blake Books

Nicholas Blake is the pseudonym of British Poet Laureate C. Day Lewis (1904-1972), who authored mystery novels under this name, featuring the Nigel Strangeways series. As C. Day Lewis, he enjoyed a distinguished career as both an academic and a literary figure, creating numerous poetry collections, critical works, translations, and novels. He married his second wife, actress Jill Balcon, in 1951 and had four children, including actor Daniel Day Lewis. Nicholas Blake first used his pen name in 1935 with the novel A Question of Proof, which introduced Nigel Strangeways. His last novel, The Private Wound, was published in 1968. Below is a list of Nicholas Blake’s books in the order of their original release: