Pedrick was born on 15 June 1906, in London, England, and was educated at
Sir Roger Manwood's School at
Sandwich. Between 1946 and 1949 he was a script editor for the BBC. from which there was at least one spin-off book, the crime fiction
Meet the Rev. He also wrote the
novelisation tie-ins for
Steptoe and Son. Pedrick collapsed and died at
Tottenham Court Road station on 23 February 1970, aged 64. An obituary was published in
The Times the next day. == Bibliography ==