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Peter O'Donnell

Born

in Lewisham, London, England, The United Kingdom

April 11, 1920

Died

May 03, 2010

Website

http://www.modestyblaiseltd.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Peter O'Donnell also wrote as Madeleine Brent.

http://www.cs.umu.se/~kenth/modesty.html
is an excellent resource on this author.

To help keep the novels and the adventure strip collections separate, here's some info about the Modesty Blaise works.

In 1963, O'Donnell began his 38-year run as writer of the Modesty Blaise adventure story strip, which appeared six days a week in English and Scottish newspapers. He retired the strip in 2001.

Each strip story took 18-20 weeks to complete. Several publishers over the years have attempted to collect these stories in large softcovers. Titan Publishing is currently in the process of ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 10,720 ratings · 950 reviews · 383 distinct works • Similar authors

	Modesty Blaise (Modesty Blaise, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,593 ratings — published 1965 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sabre-Tooth (Modesty Blaise #2) 4.09 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1966 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste for Death (Modesty Blaise, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Lucifer (Modesty Blaise, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 1967 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Impossible Virgin (Modesty Blaise #5) 4.09 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 1973 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Mistress (Modesty Blaise, #7) 4.13 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 1973 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Day in Limbo (Modesty Blaise, #8) 4.17 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1977 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieces of Modesty (Modesty Blaise, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night of Morningstar (Modesty Blaise, #11) 4.15 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 1982 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Xanadu Talisman (Modesty Blaise, #10) 4.07 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Peter O'Donnell

Modesty Blaise (13 books)
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Peter O'Donnell

4.07 avg rating — 7,052 ratings

Modesty Blaise Story Strips (30 books)
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Peter O'Donnell,

Enrique Badía Romero (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 2,292 ratings

Modesty Blaise American Graphic Albums (8 books)
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Peter O'Donnell,

Neville Colvin (Illustrator)

4.20 avg rating — 159 ratings

Modesty Blaise Comics (13 books)
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Peter O'Donnell,

Jim Holdaway (Illustrator),

Dario Srića (Translator),

Jarre (Translator)

4.26 avg rating — 144 ratings

МОДЕСТИ БЛЕЈЗ (9 books)
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Peter O'Donnell,

Neville Colvin (Illustrator)

4.78 avg rating — 68 ratings

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Quotes by Peter O'Donnell (?)

“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle Happy, 1990]”
― Peter O'Donnell

tags: chronology, language, pop-culture, setting, slang, time

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“I am interested in justice, not the law. There is an unfortunate difference.”
― Peter O'Donnell

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