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Dick, I'm not far behind you at 79. Just wanted you to know that I and so many others would love it if you could catch up, and give us one book per year of your life!!! You seem to be enjoying your life. Keep it up. God bless you Michael
Mr.Francis, Many happy returns and I hope you enjoy your birthday. I very much enjoy reading your books. Thanks, Tom Rowley
Happy Birthday, I was first introduced to your books by a Swiss fellow who was using them to teach himself English and fell in love with them. That was in 1981. Since then, my wife and I have enjoyed all of your works. We sincerely hope you have a happy 81'st birthday.
May you have a very blessed birthday.
Thanks for the wonderful books. I hope you have many more glorious birthdays to come.
Happy Birthday! You have given many years of wonderful reading to my mother and me. Thank you for the gift of your books.
Here's to many more birthdays and hopefully many more wonderful books....missed seeing one this winter! I have every one and re-read them often...Thank you for many wonderful hours of escape!
Happy birthday and thank you for your wonderful books!
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis. Your books are the best. I have only just "discovered" you and can truly say, 'better late than never'. When I sit down and open the pages, I am immediately transported to another world. Thank you for all the tales you have woven. May good health and happiness be yours for many years to come.
Congratulations and Best Wishes. As an animal lover who was a horse-happy teen and a mystery reader your books have given me great pleasure.
HAVE A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME MANY HAPPY HOURS OF READING
Happy Birthday Dick! I love your books and hope that you never stop writing! My favorite thing is to listen to them on audio books. They are wonderful.
I thank the Lord for the talent He has given you to write. I am so entertained by your books, and can happily read yours just before reading my Bible at my bedtime. Not many authors are that way. I am also looking forward to reading them again as soon as I get through your entire set. Thank you Dick Francis, and thank the Lord for you and your beloved wife who was with you for so many years. God bless !!!
Happy birthday.I am studying English to study abroad.My school has many your books,and I read "The Danger" last week. I love it! I would like to read your book more. Thank you.
THANKS FOR MANY YEARS OF READING YOUR BOOKS. I CAN IMAGINE HOW MUCH FUN YOU AND MARY MUST HAVE HAD WRITING THEM BECAUSE I HAVE HAD AS MUCH FUN READING THEM. SORRY ABOUT MARY AND SORRY ABOUT NO MORE BOOKSALL THE VERY BEST IN THE FUTURE. TOM. A FAN AND A FRIEND.
You have here in Finland one of your most ardent admirers. Yes, we have here only trotters in races if you do not count show jumping a few times a year. Still...it must be about 25 years now that I first read your thrillers and was at once addicted to your sparsely elegant style and to the special and different world of jockeys and trainers. You have delighted me over and over, as I have found that your books can be read many times and still they keep as fresh and fascinating as reading them for the first time. So I wish a very very happy birthday to you and a happy time to all your family.
Happy 81st birthday Mr Francis! Thank you for all the wonderful reading hours.How about a book with a woman as the main character?? Maybe a forty something lady that manages a cemetery?? Anyway, I hope this is the first of many more birthdays for you.
Birthday or not, I just want to tell you how much I enjoy your books. There are many parts I now know by heart, so many times I have read them. You even give me the desire to write books myself. Your books are the only books I never lent to friends because I am afread to lose them. Thank you so much (and a happy birthday too)
Thanks for Your GREAT books!!!
Best regards for you, long live!
Happy Birthday to you Mr. Francis, I too have made my living working horses, in the cicus for the last 30 years....thank you so much for your great stories!!! Your friend in Mich... heidi wendany E mail- e-mail (that was the name of my first horse)
Wishing you every blessing on your birthday. May you have many more happy birthdays and may we have many more first rate books. Your obvious intelligence, wit and masterful use of the language combine to produce a unique recipe for entertainment and enjoyment. Your books kept me sane for two years in Borneo. Many thanks.
Is there a new book coming out soon?
It may seem silly, but in 1995, your new release, Come To Grief, was what got me through my first operation - I had it sitting on my bed table at home and it gave me something to look forward to when the operation was over. My introduction to your stories came when my husband (now of 35 years - 9/2/02) gave me several of your paperback books for Christmas, resulting in my first trip to England with my sister-in-law, a year in Brussels with my company and several trips since; otherwise, we would have stayed put for the rest of our lives. Thank you. You are the age of my step father (81 on June 10, 2002) and he is the most intersting person I know). I've missed your books - keep looking - but only just read about the death of your wife. It's been awhile, but my sincere condolences. I hope you can write something again - soon. Your protagonists are reflections of you, I'm sure. Happy Birthday. Thank you for making our time on earth a little happier. Daly
Happy 82nd Birthday Sir! Having read all but "A Jockey's Life", we decided that on our first trip across the pond, we would seek out any horse race that would give us a feel for English horse racing as described in your books. In the rain, we stood on the rail in York, after wagering 2 pounds on the #2 horse. As they thundered by, mud flying, #2 finished first. Great Fun! Thank you & God Bless
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis! I've read (and reread many times) all of your books. Not only are they entertaining mysteries, they are informative. I always feel like I've learned something new. Hope you have many more birthdays-- and write many more books!
Many Happy Returns from someone who's read all your books -- all more than once -- and who's sorry there'll be no more
I've spent many happy hours reading your intelligent, gripping novels. Thanks so much, I hope you have a splendiferous birthday :-) Much regards Deborah
Thank you for all the enjoyment you have given my family all these years. My mom was the one who introduced me to your books originally and read them all until her passing in May of 2001. We put her favorite book in with her and all signed messages in the cover, and back pages. Happy Birthday to you and many more.
I read one of your books on the recommendation of a friend and now I am attempting to find and read all of them. I appreciate the subtle humor, cleverly designed sentence structure and the mysteries involving so many different horse related activities. I like the way you keep your writing free of extensive descriptions of graphic violence or sex, and minimal offensive language. I am a person that likes to read books where good is victorious over evil and that is another reason I like your books. I almost feel like I know you because I look at your picture on the back cover after completing each paperback. You are an excellent writer! Keep your books coming, please. Have a great birthday! In my opinion, people in their 80's are a very special group. I often tell my patients that I should wear a button on my lab jacket that says " I cater to people in their 80's. I don't know if any of your books have the hero as an elderly gentleman but that would be pleasing to many of us who specialize in aging. Thank you so much. As I reread my note to you I feel that I am an inadequate writer but I am grateful for the chance to be able to wish you a happy birthday.
Dear Mr.Francis! After sending You my very best wishes for Your upcoming birthday I want to thank You for many many hours of reading pleasure since many years. At the moment I am re-reading older novels and I finished "High Stakes", "Smokescreen" and "For Kicks" and am now devouering "Flying Finish". I am only sorry that in none of your novels Vienna is mentioned - it is a wonderful city. I hope You have been here - if not - we are waitung for You. All the best - a fan from Austria. Axel Melhardt
I am a long time fan. Thank you.
I wish you a very happy birthday and hope you have as many happy years as I have enjoyed reading your books, not just once but many times.
Dear Mr. Francis, I like birthdays a lot because it prooves that you succeeded to make it an other year and as a reward you get a new year in front of you. That's why I wish you a very pleasant birthday with many friends to celebrate, a good health, happy family and many years to come. Thank you for all the happy reading time you gave me. Sandra van Uffelen, Holland (excuse my englisch)
Dear Mr. Francis, I just read in a published letter that your wife recently passed away. I am very sorry to hear that. I apollogise for my earlier cheerfull birthday card. Of course I still wish you have a good birthday in good health but I can imaging that it's not a birthday as all the other birthdays that you had. I wish you strengh and the care of your family and friends to go on. Many greetings, Sandra van Uffelen, Holland
Happy Birthday, DF!
I discovered your books about fifteen years ago as a teenager and have been an avid fan ever since. Thankyou for the glimpse of yourself that you've given us all as I'm sure there is a bit of you in all of your heros! Best wishes as you celebrate your birthday!!!!
I have corresponded with you before, and it gives me great pleasure now to send along a Happy birthday wish to you, Dick Francis. I miss new books from you so much. I have them all, you know, from the first to the last one. They gave me much pleasure over the years. Sincerely, Lois Tyaack
Best wishes to you Dick on your coming 81st birthday. Many thanks for all the wonderful books you have given us and all the fantastic adventures we have been on, may there be many more. Best wishes always xx
My very best wishes for your having a most Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis! I heard Sir Kingsley Amis once remark that he read your books with great pleasure, astounded by the "good sense" that prevails in them. After hearing that, I became quite an avid fan of your books, too, reading each as soon as I picked it up. Amis was right -- and more. You are a gifted stylist, and the most interesting storyteller of the century. Thank you for the pleasures of your books!
Dear Mr. Francis, Your books have brought me many hours of joy and relaxation and enchantment and hope and wonder and delight. Good always triumphs. It's a complicated world we live in. We all need to believe in the ultimate victory of decency and goodness. I wish you a wonderfully happy birthday! I wish you all the joy you've brought so many millions of readers around the world. Peacefully yours, Robby Frauenglas
Best Wishes on your birthday and every day! Thanks so much for the many hours of pleasure your books have provided me.
May all future birthdays be at least as happy as the combined happiness all of us have enjoyed from your work.
Happy birthday to a great mystery writer!
I wish for you.. my favourite author.. the best of birthdays. With your books I've had many happy/scary moments and I thank you for those. With love GunBritt
Happy Birthday and I hope all is well for you! My aunt introduced me to your books a few years and ago and I am completely hooked! Thank you for writing such great reads! Kay
Dick, I have read many of your books, and loved them all. Have a wonderful year. God bless HFV
You have given me so much joy since I discovered your books, I have read and re read them many times and I never tire of them.. A very happy and Blessed Birthday to you Mr Francis!!!
Happy Birthday and millions of thanks for the pleasures of life through your books. Your books and those of Rex Stout are prominent in my collection, as they are rereadable, the best reason in the world to keep a book. Happy Day and have a marvelous 81st year of life.
Happy Birthday to one of the Best writers of CLEAN crime fiction. I have to admit that you are a trememdous writer
Happy Birthday! I have enjoyed your books ever since I was introduced to them via Reader's Digest Condensed books one summer staying with a great aunt. The first book I read was "The Edge" and I was hooked!! Thank you for sharing your talent and experience with your readers. God bless you & yours!
Happy Birthday, just know that you have provided many hours of joy to millions. Hope your birthday is joyous!!!
I've just counted. There are 36 books listed in "To the Hilt" which I am now rereading. I know I've enjoyed every one. I am 93 years old and most grateful for my eyesight. I just wanted you to know that your books have brought much pleasure to this LOL (Lucky Old Lady).
Mr Francis, I wish you all the best for your coming birthday. I would be pleased if you could advise what I would need to do to get permission to use the names of the horses in your books to name my own racehorses. I think it would be a wonderful theme to follow. My email address is: e-mail and my postal address is: Cathie Heald, Pencarrow Stud, 210 Pencarrow Road, R D 3, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND
Happy Birthday to a great author.Being a fan of horse racing,and my dad once owning some racing horses,he read your books,and he got me into them,Wild Horses probably being my favourite as it was one of the first i read by you.
I have loved your books for over 20 years! I hope you never stop writting.
Mr. Francis, I hope that you have wonderful birthday. Your books have brought me so much entertainment and enjoyment as I have read them. I have learned from each one of them, not only something about English culture and horse-racing, but also about people. You make your characters come to life. Thank you so much for sharing your gift with all of us. Here's to many happy years ahead, and more great writing!
Thank you for the wonderful collection of your books! I have them all. I read them over and over. No other author can tell a story like you do. What a good read! Please, please write some more!!!!!!!! And a happy anniversary to you and your wife, and have a wonderful birthday also.
Dear Mr. Francis, Happy Birthday and many happy returns. I started your books when I was in high school (10 years ago w/ Hot Money), and I've read them ALL numerous times since. You're the best (and you signed some of my books for me in Lexington, KY, thanks so much.)
I admire and respect you so much. When I've felt too low or stressed to read anyone new, I've always been able to depend on your novels for entertainment and a quick "pick me up". Have a wonderful birthday!
Wow!! congrats on your 81st Birthday.. Thank you so much for so many years of wonderful reading experiences!! Have a Happiest of Days!!!
Dear Mr. Francis, I'm a doctoral student at Boston University and am writing on the liturgical arts. I've also been active in music, dance and drama as a performer and instructor. I get to France fairly often to do research for my dissertation on a 14th c. Ms there, in Sens. I've enjoyed your work and the characters you've created. I usually read a book in a single sitting and then re-re-read it in bits and pieces several times over, if it stands up to that scrutiny. There are usually at least two of yours upside down around the bed at any one time... I'll be going to England in a couple of weeks with a friend and have decided as a result of reading your work that I have to go to Stratford racecourse...I'm not usually a fan of races, or a visitor to racetracks, but I realized from reading your work that I might enjoy a visit! I've also been emailing a fellow I met on the trains here about six weeks ago. The conversation started because someone asked about who had won the Belmont stakes that day, and I replied that I didn't know but I should, because I'd been reading about racing recently...We're "just friends" at the moment, and it's hard to know where things might go, but at least you should know that the connection was made as a result of your books!!! I hope your day goes well...Many happy returns... Best--Donna La Rue, Ph.D. Candidate, "The Arts for Then and Now," Boston University Professors' Program "Dance and Sens Cathedral: Did They or Didn't They?"
just as good reading second time around
THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAY WISHES TO YOU. SHOULD YOU GET THE ITCH IN YOUR FINGERS FOR ANOTHER BOOK IN YOUR RETIREMENT , I WOULD NOT STOP YOU. SINCE MOVING TO THE NASHVILLE AREA FROM SAN FRANCISCO YOU WERE ALWAYS MY RACE TRACK FIX. IT IS A MUCH LONGER DRIVE FROM HOME NOW. HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE READING YOUR WORK. BEST WISHES; THOMAS J. BURKE
Happy Birthday , Dick... You certainly have a great way of using the English language. I've read all your books very slowly trying to make them last longer. Are you sure you don't have something hidden away in a file somewhere?
I have read all of your books and have retained all of them in my library. I hope you will be able to write many more. Happy birthday and have many more. Thank you for all the enjoyment you have given me.
How many hours,how many years, how many fun books of enjoyable reading you have given me (and many other fans)! Thank you and very best wishes for a wonderful day and a healthy, joyfilled year ahead.
Since childhood I've enjoyed watching horseracing and knew the names of all the Kentucky Derby winners. Reading your books have opened a whole new world for me. "The Danger," "Decider," "Wild Horses," and "Come to Grief" are a few of my favorites. I love your writing style. Hoping you will write forever!
Happy Birthday, Mr Francis. I have enjoyed all your books for many years now. I new absolutely nothing about race horses or steeple chase etc when I started reading your books. But after reading all of them, I keep rereading them over and over again whenever I need some excitement and dry English humoristic dialogues. They simply make me feel better! Your heroes are simple, kind, funny and very likable - I wish I could meet a man like that myself :-) Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, I have a nice web site for you to look at since you are obviously a horse lover. www.nokotahorse.org It's tells about the wild horses that descended from Sitting Bull's war and buffalo horses and what remains of them. Please take a look at the brief history page. You may be inspired.
Feliz Cumpleaños!!! Happy Birthday!!! It´s an honor for me to send you the best birthday wishes. I love all your books (I have all of them), i´ve re-read them so much i almost know them by heart. Both my daughters feel the same about them and have enjoyed them as much as i have. Keep on surprising us, and have a happy birthday.
Dear Mr. Francis: Happy Birthday! My Mother has all your books, and I have being reading your mysteries for the last 18 years, Thank you for teaching me so much, about horses, people and amazing places. My Mother grew up with horses, in Montana - USA. But she came to live in Venezuela and had to give them up, your books has allow her to always be in touch with one of her passions. Take care Sara Daza Buchholz
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest authors I have ever read! I first began reading your books as a young teen, and I still haven't stopped. You have a wonderful gift, and I am so glad you have decided to share it. Thank you so much for all the books that you have written as they have provided countless hours of pleasure for so many. I hope that you have a day that is as wonderful as you are. Best wishes, Katie Cochran
Dear Mr. Francis, Just wanted to say how much your books have meant to me. As a result of reading about your love and respect for horses, I made a point of meeting some in person. They are as lovely and individual as I expected from your books. Thank you for that and for the many hours of deep satisfaction I've had reading and re-reading your books.
You are the best! I have read all of your novels (many more than once) and wait eagerly for the almost annual 'new' release. What I like most is that I learn about a different 'trade' in each book. Catering, accounting, glass blowing, whatever! Congratulations on your 81st birthday, and thanks for all of the 'good reads.'
The more you have the better they have. I wish you sound health and loving family Your devoted reader Lenka (25 year)
I have every single one of your books, and have greatly enjoyed them all. Many happy returns to you on your birthday. May there be many more to come!
I wish you a happy Birthday and i like your good books very much !
Many happy returns Mr Francis, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for writing such wonderful books for us. I never tire of reading them, mine are all well read and very well loved.Thank you Sir, you are truly great!!
Happy Birthday. Just wanted you to know that your books have gotten me thru many a foaling season. Whenever we are expecting a new arrival, and I have to stay awake, I open one of your books. They are sure to keep me awake so I don't miss the delivery. http://www.fairviewhorsecenter.com
I truly admire the clear directness of your writing and the self-reliance of your heroes. You have entertained me, while touching me and educating me and honoring my intelligence by not stooping to either the maudlin or the sensational in your work. I thank you so much, and wish you the happiest of birthdays !!!
Dear Mr Francis, Happy birthday to you and thank you for all those books. I read them, most of them both in english and dutch and will keep them forever to read and reread. My friend likes them too, as we found out when we met.
Many happy returns on your birthday and may you have many more. I truly have enjoyed your many books.
Many thanks(!!!) for all the pleasurable hours of reading - I started over 30 years ago, and have read them all, some numerous times.
Happy Birthday on October 31. I will be 22 on October 30. I love your books, I have read almost all that's translated to danish. Love Kerstin, and keep on writing!
I've never been to the type of horse races you describe yet you have made them live for me. I'm on my second time around reading all your books. Happy Birthday and thank you for the gifts you've given me.
Mr. Francis - You are a dear friend to me. I have enjoyed reading and rereading your books since I saw you on a television morning show in the late 80's. I sincerely hope that we may again have the pleasure of enjoying yet another story from you. May your birthday be a special time for you.
I would just like to join in the celebration of another year and wish you many more. Thank you for such enjoyment and entertainment over the years, wishing you the same for your Birthday!
Thank you for some wonderful reading! I am visiting England in October and plan to go to Newbury and the Newmarket racecourse thanks to information in some of your stories. xxxooo!
Happy Birthday and many more. Thanks for all the wonderful hours of reading your books have given me and all the little extra things they have taught me.
I heartily recommend your books to others. My wife and I particularly enjoy sound recordings of your books. Happy Birthday!! Keep on writing.
I've never tried to figure why I was so lucky to be on the receiving end of such insightful words and moments with you. I treasure you for being a teacher/dear friend, and I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to get to know you. You're a wonderful person, and I feel lucky to have you as a part-time neighbor. The special memories I have of you and Mary will always remain in my heart and mind. You're a true gift to the world! See you soon!
Dear Dick Francis, My family (also avid readers of your books) and I would like to wish you a happy and healthy birthday in 2002! My little granddaughter Lydia was born on October 31 last year and I know she will be most proud to share that birthday with you when she is old enough to read. Oddly enough, my uncle and grandmother were also born on October 31. I know you had a rather sad birhtday last year. I hope the sun has begun to shine for you a bit now.
God Bless You, Dick Francis on your special day and may He continue to bless you for many more years and books! I read your books over and over and they give me such contentment! Thank you so much for so much joy!
Best birthday wishes Mr. Francis! Thank you for your words. Keep writing.
Hi Dick Francis!!!! I am only 13 but i LOVE reading your wonderful books!!!! I am currently reading 'Nerve' which I think is one of your best so far!!!!!!I wish you all the best for the future and i hope you will keep on writing for many years to come!!!!!
Dear Dick I wish a splendid birthday for you. Your books give me so much pleasure. I wish you long life, good health and happiness. Kind regards and best wishes Sarah
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis and many happy returns! I am now reading Forfeit. It's the second book by you that I read. When some people see it they say, "oh that's the guy who writes about horse races, I never know what he's talking about". I don't either but you sure make reading about the world of horse races, jockeys and the accompanying intrigues very interesting! I hope to read more in the future. Thank you for the entertainment.
The patrons st the library love to read Dick Francis. We all hope you have a very happy birthday!
dear mr. francis, many best wishes,don't stop writing, it keeps you young and full of energy. from the woman in israel that already wrote you a letter before. happy birthday.
Happy Birthday to a great storyteller from a long time fan
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all of your great mystery novels.
Thank you Dick, for your books and love of horses, and knowledge of people, which have so enriched my life. A very Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday and for goodness's sake, when is your next book coming out? Do you know anything about stadium jumping in the US? I've anecedotal stories about horses facing all sorts of cruel perils in the effort to make them jump cleanly. (acid burns on forelegs, nails hammered into the top bar of practice jumps). The best way to heal is to keep busy, so get writing!
Felicidades desde España. Un lector de tus libros. ¡Por muchos años!.
Happy Birthday to you. I am a horse lover/owner/trainer (dressage/jumping/endurance is my discipline) and was just turned on to your books and was encouraged to read them. I am going to start as soon as I can and catch up with 30 years and something of reading!!!! : ) Adrianne Rainwater
Dear Mr. Francis, I have greatly loved your books, especially the early ones. And, I have worked for the Library System for 17 years with so many patrons that are devoted readers. Have a very happy birthday, and many, many more. Much love and respect, Cathy Perry
The best of birthday wishes to my most favorite author ever. I truly owe my high school English teacher sheaves of gratitude for making me read "Reflex" senior year. He could not have realized the many years of happy reading he would gave me with that one simple assignment. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Health and Happiness wishes are being sent to you. You have provided such wonderful entertaining books for me to enjoy. Your writing skills are superior. Please craft many more books for your appreciative fans!! Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday and many more! Love your books!
Happy Birthday! We love you. Please keep writing. We miss our jockeys!
Over the past twenty years, your books, anticipated and and then reread frequently, have reminded me in bad times that decency will prevail and in other times that a really good story never gets stale. I have been astonished and delighted in the work ethic that could produce a new hero (almost every time) in a new and interesting (and well researched) environment. I have a complete collection of your works, mostly in hardcover, with which I have recruited many readers. This is the second fan letter I've ever written; the first was to Huntley/Brinkley, the news team,after they covered their first political convention in the fifies. I hope that you find that good company! Thank you for all the many hours I've enjoyed reading and rereading your books.
For the last 20 years you've given me my best, and most anticipated, Christmas present - your latest book. I greatly missed it last year, but have recently read about the unfortunate passing of your wife and helpmate; my condolences. I hope you have a wonderful birthday this year, and many more to come.
Mr. Francis, Thank-you for sharing your philosophy of life and your wit through such wonderful stories all these years. The work you put into your craft was well spent and a constant inspiration! I hope your birthday is all that you want it to be, and I wish you much good fortune in whatever you decide to do next. :-)
Dear Mr Francis, Happy Birthday. We love reading your books - we have read and enjoyed all of them. We look forward to your next adventure!
I have read every one of your books. As a mystery/suspense fanatic and a former horse owner they have a special pull for me, but it is the intricate plots, the wonderous characterizations, and the sheer rush for the finish that entralls me. Hope for many more years of giving pleasure and thrills to so many people. Take care. Martha Widra
All the best to you on your birthday and everyday. I have been reading your books,and every one of them, for many years. They have given me great pleasure, and I look forward to each one, savoring them as I go like fine chocolate. Your attention to detail in your research for each setting is wondeRful. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions in the early one in Russia, and the one with the chefs kitchen on the train. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DICK!
Dear Mr. Francis, Please allow me to add my wishes for a very happy birthday and to take this opportunity to thank you for writing your wonderful books. I first "discovered" you about 10 years ago (the book was Dead Cert) and became an addict. I read every book you had written up to that time (I don't think I even managed to wash the dishes that week) and then joined the rest of your readers who wait anxiously for your next book to be published. Thank you for the many, many hours of pleasure.
You've been brightening my reading life since I was in the 7th grade in 1959. Thank you so much for all the wonderful stories. My favorites are Hot Money, Rat Race and Flying Finish. Many happy returns!
Happy Birthday, to my favorite author. Is there another book coming soon?
Congratulations Dick. Your books have brought a lot of pleasure to many people for a long time. Please keep it up! Kind regards, Phil
A very special birthday greeting for my favorite author. I have learned greatly and been enriched by your wonderful stories!
Hi Mr. Francis! Just wanted to say Happy Birthday. I enjoyed reading your books very, very much. Do continue to write!
Hi! I am 12 years old and in the 8th grade. I discovered your books three years ago and have loved them ever since. Happy, happy birthday! I would love it if you would write a book a year again, because your life is so interesting and parts of it seem to come out in your writing (I discovered this today when I was researching you for a report.)We all love you and hope you will be around for a very long time!
Happy birthday, Mr Francis. I am so glad I discovered your books. I share your love of horses and I love your characters. I became an avid fan the year I was in Guatemala. I was able to find lots of your books at my favorite bookstore in Antigua. You replaced my TV!!! Since returning to the US I find I still prefer Dick Francis!
A Happy Birthday and Many More. Thank you for the pleasure your books have brought to me and my friends.
Happy Birthday, I enjoyed meeting you and your wife in Seattle. I had all my books autoghraphed. We are looking forward to your next book.
Happy Birthday and thanks for the many years of wonderful, brillant stories!
Best wishes on your birthday! I love your books, and intend to own the entire library of them. Lord bless you.
Happy birthday and many thanks for the wonderful books which my parents enjoy so much at Christmas.
I have chosen Whip Hand for my writing class to read. You're about to get a few more fans. I love all your books. Have a wonderful birthday.
Thank you for the many hours of pleasure you've given me through your books. I've read most of them and some more than once. Have a happy birthday and many more to come.
Dear Mr. Francis. I am thanful for this opportunity to send to you my best wishes. I wish you just the sunshine in your life and in your heart, and lots of lots of love, because it's the most important thing. I wish you also a good health and strenghth so you can enjoy all the beuties of the world. You've been enlightening my life for years by your books,and I can read them over and over, anytime, and still there are the books I love the most. And for all the wonderful moments you brought to my life through you writing, I am thankful. It is not so much, just few lines, but they are sincere, from the bottom of my heart. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Tamara
I love your alter egos and you so much for all that you have shared and may you be well and wistfully fulfilled for the remainder of your remarkable life.
Dear Mr. Francis-- I very much enjoy your novels, and I thank you for the many years of pleasure you have given me. What a gift, to be able to provide so much entertainment to so many! Many happy returns!
My mother discovered your book(s) waaay back in 1964. Every year until she died (1989) she and her sister and my sister and I waited happily for your next book. I went to your signing at "Scotland Yard" in Winnetka ("Wild Horses"); it was a pleasure to meet you. Happy Birthday and many more. Thank you for all the good times you've given me and my family. Jan
I have a birthday gift for Mr. Francis...my first offering of fiction, The Endgame, which was recently published and is doing quite well in the early going. Please let me know where I can send this to make sure it reaches the birthday boy by 10/31...Thanks, Kris Johnson (Charlotte, NC, 704/525-8273) p.s. Here is a link to a feature story on the book from the daily newspaper in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (America's greatest horse racing town!) http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=5553437&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept
Since my mother introduced me to your writing many years ago, I patiently waited for each new book to hit the stands. I have always enjoyed your wonderful way with words and shared your passion for the "Sport of Kings". May God bless you on number 82 and give you happiness and health for many years to come!
Happy birthday and thank you for all your wonderful books, i have read them all!!!! Ulla sköld
Happy Birthday and many, many thanks for the years of enjoyment you have given so many of us!!!!
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis Thank you for all the great books. Hope you have a wonderful day.
many thanks for your visit with felix to see me in hospital on the qe2 to new york .i really appreciated the personal signed copy of shattered(even if it is the same as my left leg ) jan would like to send her kind regards also.have tried since returning from NY to find an e-mailor even your cayman address but your security is good. have a very happy birthday and maybe if i dont break the other leg we might meet sometime best regards pete oneill
Happy Birthday & best wishes from one of your many fans from Poland. e-mail
Dear Mr. Francis, Thank you for all the wonderful reading memories you have given me over the years. I hope that your birthday is a joyful day for you!
Happy Birthday! I've only read two books and I'm hooked already. Better get reading...
I have enjoyed your books for many years. my school friend was inspired by you and now lectures in crime fiction at St Andrews University, and I quote you regularly in my work as an occupational therapist! Many blessings
Hi Mr. Francis, all my important men have birthday on October 31... ;o))) My husband and you - wish you all the best for many many years ago. And from you I wish much more books - pleeeeeeeeease!! At the moment I start to read all books of you again, many friends of me were fans in between. So, stay healthy and straight and have a good time, Anita and the Horses (www.stoeckerhof.de)
Many of my greatest adventures and all of my riding has been in the pages of your novels. I remember tinned Oregon cherries, tea and living in four of your novels in the week following my purchase of Banker. I hope you will have even a fraction of that fun on your birthday.
Dear Mr.Francis I wish you all the best. I have enjoyed all the books you wrote that I was able to read. One sentance has been with me ever since I first read it: Find something you love doing, and spend your life doing it. It seems you suceeded, I´m working on doing so as well. Thanks.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Francis. I hope your birthday is as pleasurable as the time I have spent reading your books.
Happy birthady Dick, You deserve the best for the endless hours of enjoyable reading you have given me down through the years.
I hope you have a wonderful Birthday. Thankyou so much for many wonderful books that my mother in law and I both love to read. Kindest Aussie regards, Yvette :o)
Dear Mr. Francis, Wishing you a very happy 82nd birthday and good health from behind my computerscreen on a very rainy autumn day in the Netherlands. Best regards, Corien Bennink.
Mr. Francis, Thank you for the wonderful contribution you have made. Millions of readers, for generations to come, will enjoy your excellent work. I am inspired, and often awed by your writing. Moreover, you have provided a standard toward which I, and other writers, continually aspire. Happy Birthday. Larry Charles
Happy birthday! You're the best crime novelist ever walked on earth(forgive me my bad english, I'm finnish). I'm only 14-years old, but I've read nearly your every book! In english also! A bit difficult, but I manage. My favorite books are 'Come to grief', 'Longshot' and 'bolt(damn Allardeck! Served him right!)'. Can't wait for your next book. Thank you for all those great moments spent reading your book in overhelming excitement.
My best wishes for your birthday. You have brought so much joy to my life with your facinating books. I have enjoyed reading them for years. Now my sister is "hooked" and she was thrilled I had many of your books. I rescue racing greyhounds and have often thought that venue would make an interesting plot. Living in Florida I am sure you are familiar with the abuse and destruction of these gentle animals. Please accept my sympathy for your loss. My heart is saddened for you and your family. If there is anything at all I can help you with please contact me. I am a secretary for the US Geological Survey, and would be happy to type letters for you if you need help with your correspondence. It would be my honor to assist you. Robin Wilson 10587 Pinot Way Sacramento CA 95670 916 852-7933 e-mail
Sir, I have been a fan for years - as has most of my family. Each year for the last few - we always looked forward to your new book, which we gave to our father whose birthday is Oct 15th. He passed last year at the age of 71 - He was also a very big fan. I sincerely hope you are well, and that your days are filled with joy - or at least, contentedness - as you have brought me - and my family - many hours of happiness and conversation.
I first read a Dick Francis book in a reader's digest codensed volume. I fell in love. Thank-you for writing such delightful books. Happy Birthday
Rereading your books is a great joy for me. Happy Birthday
I have been reading your books since my salad days. This, though is the first opportunity for me to says thanks on the wonderful occasion on your 82nd birthday. Have a Great Day and great year ahead !!
Putting words together here is a daunting task considering the delicious expertise with which you do in all you write. Your works have given me a tremendous amount of pleasure by the way they let the story slip by with ease, a thankful wonderment in how you relinquish information beyond the average individuals knowledge and a desire to read your next work immediately after finishing the latest published. I have read and reread each of your novels and never fail to find something new that my eyes and mind missed during the previous readings. I wish you a happy birthday and thank you for all the pleasure you have provided to me.
Thank you for the enjoyment your books have brought to me. I listen while I commute to work. Happy Birthday.
A very Happy Birthday! And my deepest thanks for years of reading pleasure -- I re-read them frequently!
happy birthday Mr Francis. My girlfreind loves your books, has read them all and is trying to collect a copy of each one. she has nearly completed her collection and i thought it would make her collection complete if she had a copy of one of your books (whip hand is her favourite) signed by you. would it be possible for me to get one somehow? and how could i go about it? many thanks and many happy returns. P.T. Seden selwyn college cambridge CB3 9DQ email- e-mail
Happy Birthday!!!! Love your books. Enjoy re-reading them regularly.
Happy Birthday!!!
There are many of your admirers in Germany too ! Pleas go on writing and stay well to be able to do so ! Baron von Manteuffel
Dear Mr. Francis, I love reading your books and so I wish you a very happy birthday. Thank you for everything. Petra
Do so miss my annual autumn fix of DF books. Wish you could go on and on writing forever. All good wishes for your birthday.
Many thanks for crafted words and thoughtful people that have live in your novels. I wish you well for this day and all the others on your horizon.
Mr. Francis - I wish you all the best on your birthday - I hope it will be more a treat than a trick! I enjoy your books thoroughly; the British wording you use reminds me of my grandfather ("Bloody hell!" makes me laugh every time). Have a wonderful year!
Dick, Thanks for all the great books! You are the man.
with many thanks for hours of reading pleasure.
Many Happy Returns Mr Francis and thank you for many hours of reading enjoyment. I can't tell you how many times I have read each of your books that I have but each time is as good as the first. I carry a list of your books with me to try and complete my collection when the oportunity arises. All the best.
We met at a bookshop in Skokie and I had your signed copy of WILD HORSES from Harrods. You personalised it for me. MANY MORE 'HAPPY NEW YEARS"
your books are a welcome retreat at the end of a long day of work. God has blessed you with such a great talent.
Happy Birthday. Sorry to hear of your loss. This birthday wish find me in the midst of rereading several of your novels. First class entertainment! Bruce Freeman
Happy birthday to a wonderfully readable author. I've enjoyed all of your books through the years, whether it was the first reading or the tenth. With your help, I became interested in horse racing and made my first trip (finally!)to the tracks last month. It was fabulous and I hope to go again frequently. To a long and delightful life!
Dear Mr. Francis, I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, and I would like to say a very big thankyou for all your wonderful books. I have read them all many times and always find them exciting and gripping. You are a master in the art of thriller writing, and I appreciate the way you always introduce something else of interest into your stories, be it artworks, distilling or flying. I will miss your contribution to the world of literature. May you enjoy a long and happy retirement, with best wishes, always.
God Bless you, your family and best wishes for a super, funfilled, wonderful & excellent birthday!! I hope you celebrate many more and your days are filled with laughter & love. I love your books and I rejuvinated by your "style" in life. Odessa
Happy Birthday ! iam 74 years young and have read and enjoyed most of your books thank you shirley
Dear mister Dick Francis, I have just startid reading your book Risk wich is the firt book I have from you and I find it facinating. The mane reason I piqued up won of your books was because i am also verry enterested in hores racing,little did I know it would be so interresting. All the best wishes.
dear mr. frances, i am 15 years old adn have read several of your books. i came upon this site quite by accident adn thought it might be fu to send birthday wishes. born on halloween, i see. a nice touch on a murder writter. i have a friend mary, shes an older lady, who has read all of your books adn thinks the world of you. im going to tell her about this web sight adn maybe youll here from her. i hope you continue your greate writting adn have many more years of it. happy birthday! Beth
We are now in the prosess of re-reading all your books...our local library (Alamogordo) has a veritable treasure-trove of your works in paperback. Years ago I read all of your books for the action and suspence..now I treasure them for the charactor studies, and espesially the message that shines thru of honor and integrety sorely missed in this age. Thank you more that I can say...I know "Sid" could say it so much better!!
I am very pleased to be able to wish my favorite mystery writer a very happy Birthday and many more to follow. You have greatly expanded my world by introducing me to horses and racing. Thank you again for the many happy hours your boks have brought me and will bring me in the futures. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! sincerely yours John McGaw
Mr. Francis, Thanks for all the wonderful stories, I have been reading them since 1980 and have loved everyone.
Dear Mr Francis, I wonder if you would be interested in the car reg no D1KKS which I have for sale. All the best, David Ellison. If interested you can contact me by fax on 01482 631674
Belated Happy Birthday Wishes to a treasured writer!
Happy Belated Birthday Greetings. I am a native of Woore in Shropshire and I understand you had one of your first rides at Woore Point to Point races. I also met Tim Brookshaw at one of the fences he was inspecting. I am also a relative of Lester Piggott on my mothers side. I wonder if you are related to me? Where was your family from? Kind Regards, David Francis.
For many years I have looked forward to a Xmas holiday trip to England AND a new Dick Francis book to celebrate it. And, each year has been better and better. I wish you the happiest and healthiest of birthdays with some of the pleasure and joy you have given me and your readers
Birthday Greetings from Seattle. We have a new track, Emerald Downs, with a view of Mount Rainier. We Seattleites hope you will come out here again soon.The track opens in April each year. In the meantime, please look forward to your 82nd year. Wishing you many many more. Happy Birthday.
I have enjoyed your books so much over the years,you are my favorite author. I appreciate the variety of backgrounds in your books, it's a great way to learn about things I never would have thought about before. I wish you all the best for this birthday and wish you more great birthdays to come. God's blessings to you.
WELL WE CAN BE LATE FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY, OR EARLY FOR YOUR NEXT. I THINK I'LL WISH YOU BOTH HAPPY BITRHDAY AND ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I LOVE ALL OF YOUR BOOKS, I COLLECT THEM, HAVE A FEW MORE TO GO FOR A COMPLETE COLLECTION. MY BEST WISHES AND THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES IN YOUR BOOKS. DOROTHY
When I was ill what kept me going was re-reading your books. Thank you for the integrity.
I love your books so much that I've read them all several times. A very happy birthday to you from Canada!
Dear Dick, Since we first read 'Reflex' as your first thing that was here in the U.S.A, we had anxiously awaited your next one,'Twice Shy' and all the numerous others that followed. They have all been greatly enjoyed through the years, but we have been disappointed that we have not seen any for a while. We're thankful to have had access to your earlier books through our local library. All best wishes for a happy and healthy and prosperous and wonderful birthday, with thanks for all the happy hours you have given us and for all the happy and suspenseful reading. You're a real, honest to God, wonder. With love and respect and admiration, Len and Anne Wack Springfield. Vermont, USA
Dear Dick Francis - Didn't find this page until December so instead of wishing you a Happy Birthday I shall wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I have read every one of your books. I miss buying a new one each year. Wish you would write more.
Happy Birthday, belated as it is, I do hope you have many more! Merry Christmas to you! At age 55 years I am now an orphan and have my parents to miss over the holidays. I try to get the rest of the family together and make some substitute family also.
A belated happy birthday from a devoted fan. I've been reading your books since I was 12 and found Odds Against in the library. Since then I've bought a copy of everything you've written (and laying out money is the best compliment I can think of for an author). Your books showed me a way to look at the world- the value of hard work, the importance of perseverence, the importance of never quitting. Thank you.
best wishes from an ardent fan. bit late but still well meant.
Good luck, mr. Dick Francis!!!
Happy Birthday Mr. Francis! I'm advocating to honor you and your great literary contributions at the Laurel Park Race Course in Laurel, Maryland on April 8, 2003. **** Wish you could be here. **** We will be thinking of you, and so will my wife who has passed on many of your books to me and had gotten me trapped by your genius years ago. Jay Williams, President, Jay Williams Design Company
Missed your birthday, so I am sending you my xmas wish. I started reading your books when you wrote about the mystery train across Canada, and have read all of you books since. Thank you for all the years of such enjoyable reading... there just aren't enough Dick Francis Books...
best wishes to your birthday and to a happy 2003 I have all your books by Diogenes Zurich and read the edition in German.
Hi there Dick: Best belated wishes for your birthday. I sure do enjoy listening to your books. All the best for the holidays. e-mail