Leslie Charteris
b. 1907 – d. 1993 · 86 books
Biography
Leslie Charteris was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin in Singapore, the son of a Chinese physician father and an English mother. He started writing in childhood, creating his own magazine with articles, short stories, poetry, editorials, serials, comic strip. In 1926, he legally changed his last name to Charteris. He wrote his first book, X Esquire (1927), as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge. When it was accepted for publication, he left university to became a professional writer. He continued to write thrillers while supporting himself by working odd jobs, including as laborer on a freighter, bartender in a country inn, gold prospector, pearl fisher, tin miner, laborer on a rubber plantation, carnival hand, and bus driver. He was most famous for his series of books featuring detective Simon Templar, known as The Saint. Charteris moved to the United States in 1932 and started writing screenplays for Paramount Pictures in addition to his other fiction. In the 1940s he also wrote for the Sherlock Holmes radio series. In 1952 he married Hollywood actress Audrey Long. In 1961, Charteris sold the television rights to The Saint series to ITC and a successful television show was produced starring Roger Moore. Initially the episodes were based on Charteris' stories, but later original scripts were commissioned from other authors. These scripts were novelised and published under Charteris' name but were in fact written by others. Charteris stopped writing the Saint books after The Saint in the Sun (1963), although he did collaborate on several in the 1970s. The series went on to total nearly 100 books. Charteris appears to have been an editor for the Saint books after he stopped writing them, and he also edited and wrote for The Saint Mystery Magazine. Leslie Charteris died at Windsor, Berkshire.
Books by Leslie Charteris
Manhunt, March 1953
Manhunt, March 1953
Salvage for the Saint
The Last Hero (The Saint)
The Saint in Trouble
The Saint on TV
Trust the Saint
The Brighter Buccaneer
Best of the Saint Volume 1
Best of the Saint Volume 1
Best of the Saint Volume 2
En petites coupures
Le policier fantôme
Le Saint entre en scène
Daredevil
Getaway (The Saint's Getaway)
Saint Abroad
Saint in Europe
The Saint and the Templar treasure
Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror
The fantastic Saint
The Saint Sees It Through
The Saint on Guard/(Variant Title = the Saint and the Sizzling Saboteur)
The Saint on the Spanish Main
Count on the Saint
Saint's Sporting Chance
Saint's Sporting Chance
Kroyaziera gia ton agio
Kroyaziera gia ton agio
The saint in London
Send for the Saint
Le saint decouvre le virus 13
Le saint decouvre le virus 13
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace
The Saint Intervenes/(Variant Title = Boodle)
The Saint Overboard/(Variant Title = the Pirate Saint)
Le Saint parie sur la mort
Le Saint parie sur la mort
Angels of Doom
Le Saint ramène un héritier
Paleneo
Quand le Saint s'en mêle
The Case of the Crimson Kiss (A Perry Mason Mystery)/The Saint and the People Importers (Detective Book Club)
האיש שלגע למוות
האיש שלגע למוות
החולשה הלטינית
החולשה הלטינית
הכר את המלאך
הכר את המלאך
מסע ההרפתקאות
מסע ההרפתקאות
קיסר הקבצנים
קיסר הקבצנים
Saint and People Importers
The Saint in Pursuit
The Saint in Pursuit
אמצאת התופת
אמצאת התופת
חטיפה לאור הירח
חטיפה לאור הירח
The Saint on T.V
The Saint on T.V
The Saint magazine reader
The Saint - Saint's Getaway. T
The Saint - Saint's Getaway. The Saint Closes the Case. Enter the Saint. The Brighter Buccaneer. The Saint Vs Scotland Yard
Le Saint à Londres
Le Saint à Londres
Spanish for Fun
Saint Goes On
De Saint en de grijze pijen
המלאך בניו יורק
המלאך בניו יורק
The Saint to the Rescue
Concerning the Saint
Le Saint contre le triangle
Thanks to the Saint
The Saint around the world
The Saint Cleans Up
The second Saint omnibus
Le Saint s'amuse
Saint errant
Guai lu dian
Guai lu dian
Lady on A Train
The Saint's Choice, Vol. 2
Le Saint conduit le bal
The Saint in Action
The Saint Meets His Match Ange
The Saint Meets His Match Angels of Doom
The Saint in Miami
Once more the Saint
Once more the Saint
The Saint goes on
The Saint goes on
The Saint in New York; Saint O
The Saint in New York; Saint Overboard; Prelude for War; Thieves Picnic
Meet the Tiger/ (Variant Title = the Saint Meets the Tiger)
Le Saint À Ténériffe
Le Saint À Ténériffe
o trellos sampoter
o trellos sampoter
Oagios briskei ena intakeno di
Oagios briskei ena intakeno dieko
Oagiossten ouasigkton
Oagiossten ouasigkton
Song Hits of the Century the W
Song Hits of the Century the World's Favorite Singalong Songbook
המלאך בלונדון
המלאך בלונדון
המלאך הנוקם
המלאך הנוקם
המלאך נגד סקוטלנד יארד
המלאך נגד סקוטלנד יארד
המלאך נגד עולם הפשע
המלאך נגד עולם הפשע
המלאך נחלץ ממלכודת
המלאך נחלץ ממלכודת
המלאך נחלץ מצרה
המלאך נחלץ מצרה
השוטר המזוייף
השוטר המזוייף