John Bude

John Bude was the pen name of Ernest Carpenter Elmore, a prolific British crime writer born in Maidstone in 1901. Educated at Mill Hill School, he later attended a secretarial college in Cheltenham, learning skills that would support his early career as a games master and drama organiser at St Christopher School, Letchworth. His deep love for theatre led him to work as stage manager with the Lena Ashwell Players, tou...