Many of these works were set in the world of crime and detection, but this was a genuine interest which won Prior two Crime Writers Associationn dagger awards.
Back in the saddle, however, came frustration, with a chest infection and knee injury preventing Wiggins from competing at the 2013 Tour de France, and therefore defending the title he had won prior to the Games.
Heartened by Wolves' back-to-back wins prior to Tuesday's defeat by Manchester United, and by Burnley's strength at home, he is nevertheless "worried about them both – they must win more games against the bottom eight".
"If he doesn't do that, then there aren't many options as a fan for me other than to believe his career 192 wins and three Cy Youngs he won prior to 1997 were the end," Schilling wrote Wednesday in his blog, 38pitches.com.
However, he returned to winning form in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, a race he also won prior to his Gold Cup victory, and his connections hope that cheekpieces will ensure that he remains fully focussed in the closing stages of the Gold Cup, which is run over an extra two-and-a-half furlongs.
He won more PGA tournaments than any other champion, however, and conservative estimates place his world tournament wins at 135. (Snead's number of PGA victories was increased from 81 to 82 in 2002, after the organization began to include Open Championship wins prior to 1995 in its count of tour victories).
Collier, speaking to Sky Sports News, remains convinced that Flower, who has led England to three successive Ashes series wins prior to this series, remains the best man to lead them into a new era.
The arrest, during his 1980 reelection campaign, resulted in his loss to Democrat Roy Dyson, who stood little chance of winning prior to the controversy.
He has won 15 Grand Slam titles on the World Curling Tour (the media count 18, including three Players' Championships won prior to its inclusion as a Grand Slam event), which includes a record eight Players' Championship titles.
But some people, he said, will be tough to win over: "Prior to us really establishing ourselves, there will be questions".
