Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

===Early books===
These books were written in the immediate aftermath of the 1964 trial and before the capture of several of the gang.
* ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1964) by John Gosling and Dennis Craig. The first book about the robbery, it relied on the real-life experience of John Gosling, a former policeman.
* ''The Robbers' Tale'' (1965) by Peta Fordham, first published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It told the story of the robbery only shortly after the conclusion of the initial trial. The author was the wife of one of the lawyers involved in the case. The book mostly involves a description of the trial. The author constantly hints that she knew more than she was prepared to write, yet it was written before most of the facts emerged.