Peter O'Donnell

Peter O'Donnell (11th April 1920-3rd May 2010) was a comic strip writer best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, although he also wrote Garth for a lengthy period (1953-1966) as well as lesser known strip Romeo Brown (1956-1962) and a comics adaptation of the James Bond novel Dr. No for the Daily Express. He also wrote eleven novels and two short story collections based on Modesty Blaise as well as a number of gothic romance novels under the pen name Madeleine Brent, and wrote for television, film and te theatre.