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O'Donnell, Peter

Peter O'Donnell was born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, UK. He was interested in writing as a child, and began writing professionally at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the Royal Signals Corps, and was stationed in Persia, Syria, Egypt, the Western Desert, Italy, and Greece.

After the war, he worked as a comic strip writer, and scripted the Daily Express adaptation of the James Bond novel Dr. No. He was most famous for inventing the character Modesty Blaise, an undercover agent who first appeared in comic strips in 1963. In 1965, he published his first novel, Modesty Blaise, which was based on the screenplay he had written for the motion picture of the same name. He also wrote short stories, plays, television and film scripts, and nine romance novels published under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In 1978, his novel Merlin's Keep won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

In 2001, he retired from writing. He passed away on 03 May 2010.

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English writer

Born 1920
Died 03 May 2010

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    First published in 1975 5 editions in 2 languages
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    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language
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English writer

Born 1920
Died 03 May 2010
Subjects
Fiction, Comic books, strips, Modesty Blaise (Fictitious character), Women detectives, Women spies, Blaise, modesty (fictitious character), fiction, Intelligence service, 1970s, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, In library, Blaise, Modesty (Fictitious character) -- Fiction., Fiction in English, Great britain, fiction, 1980s, Gothic, Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction., Protected DAISY, Romance, Accessible book, Suspense, Women spies -- Great Britain -- Fiction., 1960s, Comics & graphic novels, crime & mystery, Detective and mystery comic books, strips, Fiction - General
Places
Great Britain, England, London (England), Paris (France), Afghanistan, Africa, Atlas Mountains, Australia, Cairo (Egypt), China, Corsica (France), Finland, France, French Rivera (France), Guatemala, Hindu Kush (Afghanistan), Hungary, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kalivari (Greece), Lisbon (Portugal), London, Mediterranean Sea, Mexico
People
Modesty Blaise, Willie Garvin, Modesty Blaise (Fictitious character), Sir Gerald Tarrant, Andrew Doyle, Beauregard Browne, Bridie Chance, Brunel, Cadi Tregaron, Chad Lockhart, Chantal, Colonel Jim Straik, Daniel Choong, Danny, Dr. Giles Pennyfeather, Dr. Thaddeus Pilgrim, Emma Delaney (Casey), Giles Pennyfeather, Hannah McLeod, Jani Burr (Saxon), Jemimah Lawley (Lalla), Kassim, Little Krell, Lucian Farrel, Lucifer
Time
1861-1912, 1897, 1968, 1970's

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Alternative names

  • Peter O'Donnell
  • Madeleine Brent
  • Peter. O'Donnell
  • Peter O'donnell
  • Brent Madelaine (Peter O'Donnell)
  • O'Donnell Peter.
  • O'DONNELL PETER

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import