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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James Howe
McClure (October 9, 1939, Johannesburg, South Africa - June 17, 2006,
Oxford, England) was a British author and journalist best known for his
Kramer and Zondi mysteries set in South Africa. James McClure was born
and raised in South Africa and educated in Pietermaritzburg, Natal at
Scottsville School (1947-51), Cowan House (1952-54), and Maritzburg
College (1955-58). He worked first as a commercial photographer with Tom
Sharpe, who later wrote a series of celebrated comic novels, and then as
a teacher of English and art at Cowan House in 1959-63, before becoming
a crime reporter and photographer for the Natal Witness in his hometown
of Pietermaritzburg. His journalistic career saw him headhunted first by
the Natal Mercury and then by the Natal Daily News. After the birth of
his first son, he moved to Britain with his family in 1965, where he
joined the Scottish Daily Mail as a sub-editor. From there, he moved to
the Oxford Mail and then to The Oxford Times.
