Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise is the title of an action-adventure/spy fiction novel by Peter O'Donnell which was first published in 1965, featuring the character Modesty Blaise which O'Donnell had created for a comic strip in 1963. This was the first novel to feature the character of Modesty Blaise and her right-hand-man, Willie Garvin, and the series of books (all written by O'Donnell) ran concurrently with the comic strip until 1996 (the comic strip ran until... more

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Peter O'Donnell

Peter O'Donnell (born 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London), is a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, a female action hero / undercover trouble-shooter / enforcer. He is also an historical romance novelist who wrote under the female pseudonym...

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