Ronald Payne

Ronald Payne was born on 6 February 1926 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England.[1][2] His father was a Primitive Methodist minister.[1][2][3]

Payne was educated at Pocklington Grammar School and Bedford School.[1][2] During World War II, he served in the Royal Marines.[1][2] He subsequently attended Jesus College, Oxford.[1][2]

Payne began his career as a journalist at the Reading Mercury.[2] He subsequently wrote for the London Evening Standard.[1] In 1953, he joined the Daily Telegraph, first as a reporter and later as a foreign correspondent in Paris.[1][2] He wrote about French Algeria and French Indochina.[3] He also wrote about the Suez Crisis in 1956, and he interviewed Muammar Gaddafi in 1976.[1][4]

Payne co-authored several books with Christopher Dobson.[3] He was also the author of six non-fiction books about espionage or terrorism.[1][3]

Payne was married three times.[1] His third wife, Celia Haddon, was a journalist.[1] They retired in Witney, Oxfordshire.[1]

Payne died on 25 May 2013 in Witney.[1]

• Payne, Ronald (1967). Private Spies. London: A. Barker. OCLC 2093100.
• Dobson, Christopher; Miller, John; Payne, Ronald (1976). The Cruelest Night. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. OCLC 6011500.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1977). The Carlos Complex: A Study in Terror. New York: Putnam. ISBN 9780399119033. OCLC 2998366.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1979). The Weapons of Terror: International Terrorism at Work. London: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333238738. OCLC 5350714.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1982). The Terrorists: Their Weapons, Leaders, and Tactics. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 9780871966681. OCLC 8171688.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1982). Counterattack: The West's Battle Against the Terrorists. New York: Facts on File. ISBN 9780871965264. OCLC 8220437.
• Dobson, Christopher; Miller, John; Payne, Ronald (1982). The Falklands Conflict. Falmouth, Cornwall: Coronet Books. ISBN 9780340324080. OCLC 9465217.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1984). The Dictionary of Espionage. London: Harrap. ISBN 9780245542015. OCLC 12806141.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1984). Who's Who in Espionage. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9780312874322. OCLC 11650631.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1986). War Without End: The Terrorists: An Intelligence Dossier. London: Harrap. ISBN 9780245543548. OCLC 14288751.
• Dobson, Christopher; Payne, Ronald (1987). The Never-Ending War: Terrorism in the 80's. New York: Facts on File Publications. ISBN 9780816020560. OCLC 14357208.
• Payne, Ronald (1990). Mossad : Israel's Most Secret Service. London: Bantam. ISBN 9780593014431. OCLC 21411503.