William Philip Atkey (1908–1985) better known under the pseudonym Barry Perowne, was an English writer, best known for his crime fiction.[1] Atkey also published books under his own name and under the pseudonym Pat Merriman.[2]
Atkey, a nephew of the writer Bertram Atkey,[1] was born on 25 June 1908 in Downton in the New Forest area of Wiltshire, England. He was educated at St John's College, Portsmouth.[3] By agreement with the E W Hornung Estate, he continued the A. J. Raffles series after its creator E. W. Hornung's death.[2] He was invited to do so in 1932, and after World War II regularly published in Ellery Queen's Magazine, The Saint Magazine and John Bull.[1]
Atkey also wrote other stories with his own characters.[2]
An amateur cricketer, Atkey played for the Somerset Stragglers. He died in Marbella on 24 December 1985.[1]
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