The writer, who was born and raised in Leeds, died after a short illness, his publisher announces.
The best-selling crime author Peter Robinson has died at the age of 72, his publisher has confirmed.The stories were adapted into an ITV series with Stephen Tompkinson, which ran from 2011 to 2017.
His publisher said he had died after a short illness on Tuesday. Tributes have been paid by fellow crime writers Val McDermid and Ian Rankin.He lived in Toronto with his wife Sheila Halladay. He remained true to his roots by setting his DCI Banks novels, the first of which was published in 1987, in the fictional Yorkshire town of Eastvale.In 2020, he was granted the Grand Master Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, having previously been given their Derrick Murdoch Award in 2010.His editor and managing editor of Hodder & Stoughton Carolyn Mays said he was a combination of "all the best bits" of his Alan Banks character.
"Thoughtful and passionate about justice, he had fine taste and a totally down-to-earth view of the world," she said.
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