Editing Colin Dexter (section)

{{Short description|English writer (1930–2017)}}
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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nom|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| image = Colin Dexter.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Norman Colin Dexter
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|9|29}}
| birth_place = [[Stamford, Lincolnshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|3|21|1930|9|29}}
| death_place = [[Oxford]], England
| occupation = Novelist
| alma_mater = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]]
| genre = [[Crime fiction]]
| movement =
| spouse ={{marriage|Dorothy Cooper|1956}}
| children = 2
| notableworks = ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' series (1975–1999)
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'''Norman Colin Dexter''' (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series, ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'', from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', from 2006 to 2015, and a prequel series, ''[[Endeavour (TV series)|Endeavour]]'', from 2012 to 2023.