Richard Gordon

Richard Alexander Steuart Gordon (18 May 1947 – 7 February 2009) was a Scottish author born in Banff, Scotland who wrote numerous science fiction novels, encyclopedias, and travel guides. Gordon's novels are noted for their mix of historical fact and creative fictionalized events.

Life Gordon was brought up and educated in Buckie and Perthshire. His family's home is located at the Cairnfield estate near Arradoul. Gordon studied history at Newcastle University and was offered post-graduate work, but instead he accepted a job as a market researcher. He later left this position and made a career as a writer. His first novels were published in the 60s in New Worlds magazine with Michael Moorcock as editor.

After several years of writing, in 1969 Gordon moved to London, where he took a course in teaching English as a foreign language. Gordon began teaching abroad in his 50s. He had been teaching at Shanghai High School International Division since 2005.

Partial list of works Works are published under pseudonym Stuart Gordon unless otherwise noted.

The Bikers (1971) - published under pen name Alex Stuart The Outlaws (1972)- published under pen name Alex R. Stuart Time Story (1972) The Bike from Hell (1973) - published under pen name Alex R. Stuart The Devil's Rider (1973) - published under pen name Alex R. Stuart One-Eye (1973) The Eyes #1 Two-Eyes (1974) The Eyes #2 Three-Eyes (1975) The Eyes #3 Suaine and the Crow-God (1975) Smile on the void: The mythhistory of Ralph M'Botu Kitaj (1981) (available at archive.org) Fire in the Abyss (1983) Archon (1988) Watchers #1 The Hidden World (1988) Watchers #2 Down the Drain: Water, Pollution and Privatisation (1989) - with coauthor Jennie Smith The Mask (1990) Watchers #3 Eye in the Stone (1990) The Paranormal: An Illustrated Encyclopedia (1992) The complete Moray rambler (1992) - Published under Richard Gordon The Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends (1993) The Book of Spells, Hexes, and Curses : True Tales From Around the World (available at archive.org) The Book of Miracles: From Lazarus to Lourdes (1995) The Book of Hoaxes: An A-Z of famous fakes, frauds and cons (1995) The Book of Curses: True Tales of Voodoo, Hoodoo and Hex (1995) Round Inverness, The Black Isle and Nairn: Walks and History (1998) - Published under Richard Gordon Round Moray, Badenoch and Strathspey: Walks and History (1999) - Published under Richard Gordon Round Aberdeen from Beeside to the Deveron (2000) - Published under Richard Gordon