Leslie Charteris(1907-1993)
- Autor
- Music Department
- Actor
Worked in a tin mine, on a rubber plantation, as a gold prospector, as
a bartender and as a professional bridge player before writing. The
first Saint book, written when he was 20 years old, was his third book
and the only one of his first five novels to feature the Saint. Wrote
nearly a hundred Saint adventures in total, wrote the scripts for
thirteen years of globally syndicated Saint comic strips, successful
Hollywood scriptwriter and script medic. Spent much of his life
travelling but settled for long periods in Hollywood, Florida and
finally in Surrey, England, UK