Michael Innes

Michael Innes is the pseudonym of Scottish author John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-1994), who wrote crime fiction as Michael Innes and contemporary fiction and non-fiction as J.I.M. Stewart. He is the author of the Inspector Appleby series. Stewart was born in Edinburgh, where he also grew up. He studied at several different universities all over Europe and then lectured at several in the UK and Australia. Michael Innes became a published author in 1936 with the novel Death at the President’s Lodging (aka Seven Suspects). The novel introduced readers to Sir John Appleby of the Metropolitan Police. His final publication before his death was his memoir, entitled Myself and Michael Innes (published in 1987). Below is a list of Michael Innes’ books in order of when they were originally published: Notes: All short story collections not involving Inspector Appleby and all non-fiction books were written as J.I.M. Stewart. The Staircase in Surrey series was written as J.I.M. Stewart. The novels Mark Lambert’s Supper, The Guardians, A Use of Riches, The Man Who Won the Pools, The Last Tresilians, An Acre of Grass, The Aylwins, Vanderlyn’s Kingdom, Avery’s Mission, A Palace of Art, Mungo’s Dream, Andrew and Tobias, A Villa in France, An Open Prison and The Naylors were written as J.I.M. Stewart.