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Leslie Charteris
AuthorBooks · Second hand1907-1993
Leslie Charteris, was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of his hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
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About Leslie Charteris
Birth
1907
Death
1993
Leslie Charteris, was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of his hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".
Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore to a Chinese physician father and an English mother.
The author legally changed his surname to Charteris in 1926.
He wrote his first novel while at Cambridge and left university to pursue a professional writing career.
Before finding success, he worked diverse jobs including gold prospector, pearl fisher, and bus driver.
He is globally renowned for creating the iconic character Simon Templar, known as The Saint.
