{"bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "J. T. Edson (John Thomas Edson) was an English author of 137 Westerns, escapism adventure, and police-procedural novels. He lived near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire from the 1950s onwards, and retired from writing due to ill-health in 2005.\r\nSource: Wikipedia"}, "name": "J. T. Edson", "personal_name": "J. T. Edson", "death_date": "17 July 2014", "alternate_names": ["John Thomas Edson"], "photos": [15172974, 7396438], "key": "/authors/OL4776925A", "birth_date": "17 February 1928", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-09-17T17:43:37.985304"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-02-25T13:33:18.370820"}}