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 2001, he retired from writing. He passed away on 03 May 2010.
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Modesty Blaise
50 editions - first published in 1965 -
A Taste for Death
10 editions - first published in 1969 -
I, Lucifer
10 editions - first published in 1967 -
The Xanadu Talisman
7 editions - first published in 1981 -
Last Day in Limbo
7 editions - first published in 1976 -
The Impossible Virgin
7 editions - first published in 1971 -
The Silver Mistress
7 editions - first published in 1973 -
Dragon's Claw
6 editions - first published in 1978 -
Dead Man's Handle
6 editions - first published in 1985 -
The Night of Morningstar
6 editions - first published in 1982 -
Sabre-Tooth
6 editions - first published in 1966 -
Modesty Blaise (Bull's-eye)
2 editions - first published in 1981 -
Mr. Fothergill's murder: a play in two acts
2 editions - first published in 1983 -
Sabre-Tooth
2 editions - first published in 1966 -
The Gabriel set-up
1 edition - first published in 1986 -
The Impossible Virgin (Modesty Blaise)
1 edition - first published in 2001 -
Last Day in Limbo (Modesty Blaise)
1 edition - first published in 1985 -
Modestry Blaise, live bait
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
Philippians & Colossians (Life Application Bible Studies (NLT))
1 edition - first published in 1998 -
Dead Man's Han: More Ta
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
The Puppet Master: comic strip.
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Modesty Blaise: The Jericho Caper ; The Killing Ground: Bad Suki
1 edition - first published in 1982 -
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress: More Ta
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Modesty Blaise: The Mind of Mrs Drake: Uncle Happy
1 edition - first published in 1981 -
James Bond: Dr. No (James Bond (Graphic Novels))
1 edition - first published in 2005 -
Pinkie leaves home
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
The moonlit journey
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
Carnegie's excuse
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Oscar
1 edition - first published in 1992 -
Pinkie goes south
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
The Xandau Talisman (Modesty Blaise)
1 edition - first published in 1984 -
A Taste for Death
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Dragon's Claw
1 edition - first published in 2004 -
The Silver Mistress
1 edition - first published in 2002 -
I, Lucifer.
1 edition - first published in 1967 Borrow
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