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- Birth nameDennis Yates Wheatley
- Dennis Wheatley was born on January 8, 1897 in South London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Forbidden Territory (1934), The Devil Rides Out (1968) and The Spy in White (1936). He was married to Joan Younger. He died on November 10, 1977 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseJoan Younger(1931 - ?)
- Wheatley's writing career began in 1933 and lasted until his death in 1977. He wrote swashbuckling historicals, novels of international intrigue, supernatural horror, and sexual sadism. His nonfiction included autobiographies and the occult.
- His black magic novels featured firm warnings not to go trying it.
- Invited Alistair Crowley to dinner to research "The Devil Rides Out".
- Wrote several articles about the defence of England in the build up to World War Two which were taken very seriously by the Ministry of Defence.
- Three of his novels - "Uncharted Seas" (1938), "The Devil Rides Out" (1934) and "To the Devil a Daughter" (1953) - were adapted by Hammer Film Productions: The Lost Continent (1968), The Devil Rides Out (1968) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). Christopher Lee starred in the two latter films.
- Half the people in our asylums may be suffering from a physical lesion of the brain but the others are unaccountably insane. The real reason is demoniac possession brought about by looking upon terrible things that they were never meant to see.
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