Len Deighton
Len Deighton
Leonard Cyril Deighton, known as Len Deighton, is a British author. Deighton is considered one of the top three spy novelists of his time. In addition he is an highly acclaimed military historian, cookery writer, and graphic artist. The IPCRESS File, his first novel, was an instant bestseller and broke the mould of thriller writing. The Sunday Times dubbed him "the poet of the spy story". Deighton’s first protagonist - a nameless spy later christened Harry Palmer - was made...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 February 1929
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I wrote my first books the way people would write science fiction, because they gave me much more latitude to invent situations.