O'Donnell, Peter

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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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A Taste for Death
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Children of Lucifer
Representative edition published 2017
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Modesty Blaise
Representative edition published 2016
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The young mistress
Representative edition published 2014
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The Grim Joker
Representative edition published 2014
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Modesty Blaise: The Girl in the Iron Mask
Representative edition published 2013
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Cobra Trap
Representative edition published 2012
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Sweet Caroline ; also featuring, Return of the mammoth ; Plato's republic ; and, Sword of the Bruce
Representative edition published 2010
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Pieces of Modesty Modesty Blaise
Representative edition published 2010
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Modesty Blaise: The Inca Trail
Representative edition published 2007
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The Impossible Virgin
Representative edition published 2007
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Sabre-Tooth
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Pieces of Modesty
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James Bond
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Bad Suki
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Dead Man's Handle
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The Xanadu Talisman
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The Night of Morningstar
Representative edition published 1996
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2nd Culprit
Representative edition published 1994
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The moonlit journey
Representative edition published 1991
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A heritage of shadows
Representative edition published 1988
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Dragon's Claw
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The Silver Mistress
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Golden Urchin
Representative edition published 1986
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