e-mail Sep 20, 1999 at 21:57
Have a very happy and wonderful birthday, Mr. Francis!
1999
74 messages
Elizabeth Clark Sep 20, 1999 at 23:55
My favorite author. I have read and reread all your books, and have collected all except Sport of Queens. Trying to buy that now. Best of health to you and your wife. Keep writing!
James Israel Sep 21, 1999 at 21:37
Thank you so much for the many wonderful books, and have a very happy birthday!
Dianalee Rode Sep 21, 1999 at 23:04
I look forward to your books every year! Thanks for all the many hours of reading enjoyment! Happy birthday!
Liz Sep 25, 1999 at 00:32
I've read your books for only the last three years or so, but I must say that they are among the most well-written works of fiction that I have ever encountered. Your capacity for new ideas and characters is phenomenal, and everything about horses is very true and blunt, unlike most authors who try to sugar-coat the horse world. As a competitive jumper, I own a Thoroughbred, and I appreciate someone writing from experience! I also would like to send you best wishes on your birthday, and simply say that I enjoy your works tremendously, and I hope you realize how many people get joy from your books. Thank you!
Kim Laird Sep 25, 1999 at 11:45
Dear Mr. Francis, A very happy birthday to you! Thanks for writing your wonderful books.
Karin Van Daele Sep 25, 1999 at 17:05
Hi Dick I am Karin from Belgium, and I want to wish you a very happy birthday! I love reading your books. Bye Karin
Mary Sep 25, 1999 at 20:32
I was first introduced to your books by a dear friend while bedridden during a difficult pregnancy. I have reread them several times. My children point them out to me at bookstores, libraries, sales, etc. Thank you for continuing to write. Your newest book is a high point each fall. Best wishes for a Happy Birthday.
G W Sep 25, 1999 at 22:11
Happy Birthday. Thank you for writing so many wonderful stories and sharing them with us.
Lynn Sattesahn Sep 26, 1999 at 11:36
Happy Birthday! Wish you well. Thank you for the many years of enjoyment you have given me with your books. As both a Veterinarian and as an avid horse racing fan I am so pleased with your accuracy. I love your characters and plots - they are so real. Well happy birthday again and wish you many more.
Tomá Sedláèek, Czech Republic Sep 26, 1999 at 14:51
I'm great fan of your books. I had read allmost of them translated to czech. I wish you happy birthday and many, many next years, and also many new books. Thanks
David and Marcille and Lucille Sep 26, 1999 at 16:24
Thanks for hours and hours and more hours and on and on and on of really great reading!
Karen Vancouver, Canada Oct 4, 1999 at 01:19
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis! I hope it's a great one.
Marcia Kipp Oct 5, 1999 at 00:11
Happy Birthday to You, Mr. Francis! May this year bring you happiness and friendship, good health and good times! Sto Lat! ("May you live 100 years" in Polish)
Lucy Swords ( e-mail ) Oct 5, 1999 at 22:03
Wishing my favorite author a Very Happy Birthday with Many Happy Returns to you. Thank you for many, many hours of pleasure while being absorped in your varied racing worlds.
Elaine White Oct 6, 1999 at 09:02
I hope your birthday is as happy as I am reading your books.
Sheri Rudig Oct 6, 1999 at 17:57
Wishing you a Happy and Joyous Birthday!!
Di Bingham Oct 8, 1999 at 05:15
I hope you have a wonderful birthday - and great health for the coming years - there is selfishness in this because it means you'll keep writing your books!! Thank you from my whole family for so many happy hours of enjoyment and we will all have an Aussie beer for your own special day!
Kim Chladny Oct 8, 1999 at 20:20
A very Happy Birthday and many more. Thanks to you and your wife for every book!
Michael Oct 9, 1999 at 20:54
All the best to one of my favorite mystery writers. Keep up the great work!!
Elaine Huxley Oct 9, 1999 at 22:18
Happy Birthday! I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed reading all of your books. Keep up the good work!
Christine Ethier Oct 9, 1999 at 23:52
Happy Birthday. Best wishes.
e-mail Oct 10, 1999 at 13:45
I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MANY MANY MORE. BOTH MY SISTER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEW BOOK EVERY YEAR. MY DEPARTED MOTHER STARTED US READING YOUR BOOKS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Carol Gardner Oct 11, 1999 at 19:53
Mr Francis, Have a very happy birthday! Thank you so much for writing your new book "Second Wind" I just bought it and haven't read it yet. I like to savor your books. I read and reread them many times. You are my favorite author. Take care of Mary and yourself.
Emi Oct 12, 1999 at 08:12
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis! I'm biggest fan of your works. They give me courage. They show me what I should do. They always help me when I am depressed. And you give me lots of fun. Thank you so much for all of them. I wish every good things for you and your family. Have a great time!
Student Oct 12, 1999 at 09:08
Happy Birthday! I chose to read your novel for a project in English and i look forward to it. I love mysteries. Thanx and I do hope you get what you want for your birthday!
Noel Stazko Oct 12, 1999 at 11:31
Here's wishing my favorite author a very happy birthday and a wonderful year. Looking forward to many more of your fantastic books. I've read every single page you've ever written
Julie Metz Oct 12, 1999 at 22:44
Happy Birthday, may the day bring you all the happiness you've given to others over the years. You're my favorite author, I have all your books, and I get the new ones as soon as they come out. Thank you so very much!
Santha Oct 13, 1999 at 19:23
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis~ Thank you for intelligent protaganists and breathtaking scenarios. No one does it better.
jutta Oct 14, 1999 at 15:22
I wish you all the best for this happy occasion. I am an avid reader and admirer of you. Once, when you had been in vancouver, my daughter got your autographed book "Come to grief" for christmas, and she could not have given me a better gift. Again, all my best, with serious respect and admiration, Jutta
S.Dressing Oct 15, 1999 at 02:28
Alles gute altes Rennpferd und mach weiter so das wir noch viel so spannendes zu lesen haben.... Bleib auf dem laufenden! Hochachtungsvoll Horsetrainer/Bereiter S.Dressing 14,10.99 USA
Astrid Streur (The Netherlands) Oct 15, 1999 at 06:30
Dear Sir Francis, I wish you a very good birthday together with your wife Mary, and please keep up your writin and keep on surprising us with the very well written and very exciting novels!
Laura Greiwe Cowles Oct 15, 1999 at 11:51
Thank you for many, many pleasurable hours reading and re-reading your stories. My whole family enjoys your books. I just sent your newest book off with my dad to let the others read it. I hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Jane DeBano Oct 15, 1999 at 18:05
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis. Thank you for all the years of enjoyment. I hope you live forever! (and continue to write at least one new book each year!)
Camilla Løye, Denmark Oct 16, 1999 at 06:32
Dear Sir, I wish you a very happy birthday and would like to thank you very much for your great books that have given me so much pleasure. Because of the superb language in your books I have chosen to study the English language at the University (of Copenhagen). Best wishes Camilla Løye, Denmark
Candy Thompson Oct 17, 1999 at 15:47
Wishing you all the best on your birthday. Thank you for all the wonderful hours of enjoyment your books have provided me.
Ona Bjornson Oct 18, 1999 at 08:49
Best wishes for a day as happy as a new Dick Francis book makes mine!
e-mail Oct 18, 1999 at 11:35
I have read and enjoyed, thoroughly, every book written by Dick Francis. In fact, I have read most of them 2 or 3 times and am currently devouring Second Wind which is fabulous. Thank you so much for all the pleasure and knowledge your work has provided me over the years. I feel truly blessed to have known you, if only through your writing.
Leslie Oct 18, 1999 at 13:42
From the time I was 12 until now (when I'm 45), you've been my favorite author. May you have many more happy birthdays so we can grow old together. Happy birthday, and thank you for so many wonderful years.
Cathrine Coulter Oct 18, 1999 at 19:13
Dear Mr. Francis -- I firmly believe that Septembers were created for the publication of your books. Just keep writing, Catherine Coulter
Patricia Gardner Evans Oct 18, 1999 at 20:36
Your birth day, Mr. Francis, was not a trick but a rare and wonderful treat for all your millions of readers. Thank you for many hours of reading pleasure.
Chris Teague Oct 19, 1999 at 03:05
Mr. Francis, Thank you so very much for all of your work. Each Sunday in the fall I scan the list of best-sellers in the newspaper in hopes of seeing your name. I plan an entire day around reading the book. Enjoying one of your books is quite honestly one of the highlights of my year. Again, thank you and I hope that you have a splendid birthday.
Jane Hobart Oct 19, 1999 at 09:53
I hope you have a very happy birthday with no interruptions from random hurricanes in your neighborhood! Thank you once again so very much for all the pleasure you have given me in reading and listening to your books, and thanks especially for writing Second Wind, when you probably just wanted a rest. . . . It is great.
Pat Holland, Sharpsburg, Maryland Oct 19, 1999 at 10:47
Dear Dick, The last time I saw you and Mary you were busy researching the funny classified ads that sell outlandish gismos and all kinds of other things. Have you incorporated that research---and some of the more outrageous ads in a new book? Happy, happy birthday. With best wishes for many more pleasant years of travel. Yours,
Pat Holland, Sharpsburg, Maryland Oct 19, 1999 at 10:47
Dear Dick, The last time I saw you and Mary you were busy researching the funny classified ads that sell outlandish gismos and all kinds of other things. Have you incorporated that research---and some of the more outrageous ads in a new book? Happy, happy birthday. With best wishes for many more pleasant years of travel. Yours, Pat
Leslea Oct 19, 1999 at 11:43
My favorite time of year, since 1982, is when your newest book is published. As each new book is released I offer a sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU to you and Mary both for everything you put of yourselves into your books. I obviously hope you do not rest your pen just yet, but when you do please know that your legion of fans say - Thanks, again, it's been a great "ride"! Have a wonderful birthday. Enjoy!
Sondra Kahler Oct 19, 1999 at 15:21
The very best of good wishes for a joyous birthday and healthy and successful years to come! Thank you for all the reading pleasure you have brought into my life.
Thomas Orser Oct 20, 1999 at 08:51
Currently reading Smokescreen. My ninth this year. Please continue writing, and have a great birthday.
jane Oct 20, 1999 at 17:30
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK. KEEP ON WRITING
Ernie Blake Oct 20, 1999 at 20:23
HAPPY BERTHDAY!!! I dont know you but I still wish you a very happy b-day. every birth day is a special day even if you dont know that person(s). So have a good birthday. And use a laytex coat. p.s.I like you writing my favorite one was SLAYRIDE. keep up the good work.
Diane Fotheringhame Oct 20, 1999 at 22:50
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis, from a Canadian fan. Love your novels, and if your wife helped you a lot, I think it's a wonderful combination. I especially like the details about British racing. (I am a small time breeder of show horses.) Thank you for so many hours of reading pleasure.
Pug Oct 21, 1999 at 00:46
Happy birthday. I would like to know your email adress please, so if you could, please send it to e-mail Once again, I wish you an extremely happy birthday, and I hope someone gives you a horse. Keep Writing!!!!
Karen Myers-Goddard Oct 21, 1999 at 04:06
Live Long and Prosper. A Star Trek saying - but it is apt in so many ways. Have a Happy Birthday, and I look forward to taking your next hero to bed with me!!!
Joan Ludlow Oct 22, 1999 at 00:58
I love reading your books because your characters are so real to me. Thank you for so many wonderful books that I have loved so much. I wish you every happiness on your birthday, and even more joy than your writing has given me. Thank you and Happy Birthday.
Judy and Larry Thomas Oct 22, 1999 at 19:49
Dear Mr. Francis, You are the favorite writer of both of us, an amazing fact. Your books always have a good "scam", as well as wonderful characterization and a "chase" scene (actually, a suspensful scene). It's obvious that you do extensive research for many of your books. In addition, you are also a good writer! What a combination. Thanks for all the hours of pleasure. Have a wonderful birthday. Two fans, Judy and Larry Thomas from Michigan
LJ Dupree Oct 22, 1999 at 21:57
Best Wishes for a splendid birthday! Thank you for all the years of enjoyment your books have brought me, and special thanks for making the highlight of my "Dick Francis Experience" your compliment on my hat at the D.C. signing!
sherry brown Oct 22, 1999 at 23:25
the man you are shows in every book you write. your family is so lucky to have you. thank you for sharing yourself.
Elke C. Oct 23, 1999 at 11:24
Happy Birthday! The way I see you, is with a glass of wine in front of you, as I saw you in Middleburg. So on your birthday I will be toasting you and your life's partner with a good glass of wine. Here's to many more collaborations by the two of you for the benefit of your many fans and thanks for all your wonderful books.
Emily Austin Oct 23, 1999 at 15:57
One of your first fans in the USA...wishing you a very Happy Birthday. I still have those two letters...framed! Thank you so much for continuing your career and making so many readers very happy.
LeeAnne Goen Oct 24, 1999 at 01:31
A very happy birthday to you. I hope you have many more Thank you for all the hours of enjoyment you have given me with your books. I've been reading them for over twenty years. I hope you enjoy great health and fabulous times in the next years.
Ewa M. Matuszewska Poland Oct 26, 1999 at 12:58
Very Happy Birthday to you Mr Francis in 1999!Thank you for your books,I like them very much, and hope to have a pleasure to read many more new in future.. All except the latest I successfully collected yet in English (some with translations into my native language too)and "reread" them contstantly.So my special thanks to you for all, what your books did for improvement of my command of contemporary English,as it was done in much more nice and easy way than purposeful learning..
Mary Rankin, Melbourne Florida Oct 26, 1999 at 16:39
Happy Birthday, and Thank you for a most wonderful book. How appropriate for Second Wind to come out as the hurricane season really heats up. Your stories are old friends that I keep to re-visit from time to time. Please keep them coming!!!
Niel Waletzky Oct 26, 1999 at 19:40
Thank you for so many wonderful bours. I wish you the best health.
Gerrit Verstoep Oct 27, 1999 at 00:34
I've enjoyed reading your books for many years now. They've kept me company on long nights working away from home; they have even filtered into my dreams and imagination. Sir, you are a remarkable storyteller. You are not my only author, but you are by far my favorite. Congratulations on another free trip around the sun - Happy Birthday!!!
Sandy Oct 27, 1999 at 08:03
Mr. Francis, I just wanted to wish you a very happy birthday! I've been an avid fan of yours for over a year now. I'm currently reading "Come To Grief" and I can't wait to see how it ends. You are a master of suspense! Please enjoy your day.
Catherine Doonan Oct 27, 1999 at 17:35
many happy returns on your birthday. Enjoyed your new book very much. Well done.
Claire Shortt Oct 28, 1999 at 05:35
Happy Birthday to a great writer who has given me hours of pleasure. Here's to many more birthdays and books.
Anu Buri ,Finland Oct 28, 1999 at 15:42
Happy birthday Mr.Francis !
MISYA Oct 29, 1999 at 23:30
I AM JAPANEASE WOMAN,AND YOUR FAN.NOW I AM READING "DICIDED". HAPPY BITHDAY! AND I WISH YOU LIVE LONG,AND YOU CONTINUE TO WRITE BOOKS ETERNALLY. NOW I LIVE WITH MY FAMILY AND A CAT.HIS NAME IS MISYA. SO LONG.
Rahne Kirkham Oct 30, 1999 at 02:20
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis!
Els van Dongen Oct 30, 1999 at 12:16
I wish you a very happy birthday, and many returns. I thoroughly enjoy reading your books, and by now have collected almost every one of them. I wish you all the best, in good health, and lots of inspiration for even more new riding-misteries.
Erlinda Compton, Orange, California Oct 30, 1999 at 23:19
Thank you for all the pleasure! Looking forward to Second Wind. Many Happy returns of the day.
Jim Glenn Nov 1, 1999 at 11:49
Happy Birthday! I will be 86 next month, and I have read and re-read your books over the years since my librarian daughter discovered NERVE in 1967.
Tracy Norris Nov 1, 1999 at 23:57
I hope you had a great birthday, & that you have a wonderful year ahead. Thank you so much for all the fabulous books you have written- I love them all. Best wishes.