O'Donnell, Peter
b. 1920 – d. 2010 · 40 books
Biography
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.
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.
Books by O'Donnell, Peter
The Grim Joker
Modesty Blaise: The Girl in the Iron Mask
Dragon's Claw (16pt Large Prin
Dragon's Claw (16pt Large Print Edition)
Night of the Morningstar [Stan
Night of the Morningstar [Standard Large Print 16 Pt Edition]
Million dollar game
Million dollar game
Pieces of Modesty
Modesty Blaise
Sweet Caroline ; also featuring, Return of the mammoth ; Plato's republic ; and, Sword of the Bruce
The scarlet maiden
The scarlet maiden
Green cobra
Green cobra
Yellowstone booty
Yellowstone booty
Modesty Blaise: The Inca Trail
Modesty Blaise
The Silver Mistress
The Impossible Virgin
Cobra Trap
The Night of Morningstar
The Capricorn Stone
2nd Culprit
Meg, La Pelirroja
Meg, La Pelirroja
Merlin's Keep
Dead Man's Han
Dead Man's Han
Dead Man's Handle
Golden Urchin
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mis
Modesty Blaise: The Silver Mistress
The Xanadu Talisman
The Gabriel set-up
The Gabriel set-up
Last Day in Limbo
A heritage of shadows
A Taste For Death
Sabre-Tooth
Modesty Blaise: The Jericho Ca
Modesty Blaise: The Jericho Caper ; The Killing Ground
Modesty Blaise (Bull's-eye)
Modesty Blaise (Bull's-eye)
Modesty Blaise: The Mind of Mr
Modesty Blaise: The Mind of Mrs Drake
Black Pearl; The Vikings
Black Pearl; The Vikings
Stranger at Wildings
Wilde Blume Gluck
Wilde Blume Gluck
Bad Suki
Modesty Blaise Short Stories
Tregaron's Daughter
The double agent