The Guildford Food Office Heist: How Donald MacKenzie’s Multiple Identities and Households Brought It All Down – Part Two
On January 13, 1947, a routine arrest for driving under the influence set in motion the unraveling of one of Britain’s biggest postwar thefts. The man arrested was John Rogers—one of several aliases used by Donald MacKenzie.
The Guildford Food Office Heist: How Donald MacKenzie’s 1946 Ration Book Theft Became a $1.75 Million Haul – Part One
Aliases were always part of Donald MacKenzie’s modus operandi as a jewel thief and housebreaker. In January 1947, however, an alias changed his fortunes permanently—this time working to his detriment rather than his favor.
From Con to Collier’s: An Early MacKenzie Short Story
Turning lived experience into fiction is never simple — especially when such experience included deception, arrest and hard labor.
Henry Volkening: The Literary Agent Behind Donald MacKenzie’s Success
Donald MacKenzie’s unrevealed past of criminal activity is compelling, but so are the several years he spent apprenticing as a fiction writer while in prison.