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Leslie Charteris (/ ˈ tʃ ɑːr t ər ɪ s /; born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), 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 (born Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin; 1907–1993) was a British-American writer best known for his series on stories featuring Simon Templar, also known as The Saint.
Title [12] [13] [14]Year Of First PublicationFirst Edition PublisherFormatX Esquire1927Ward Lock & Co, LondonNovelThe White Rider1928Ward Lock & Co, LondonNovel1928Ward Lock & Co, LondonNovelThe Bandit1929Ward Lock & Co, LondonNovelLeslie Charteris (born May 12, 1907, Singapore—died April 15, 1993, Windsor, Berkshire, Eng.) was an author of highly popular mystery-adventure novels and creator of Simon Templar, better known as “the Saint” and sometimes called the “Robin Hood of modern crime.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The author behind the Saint, Leslie Charteris, is as interesting a figure as his most famous fictional creation. Charteris was half English and half Chinese, born in Singapore in 1907 to a Chinese surgeon father.
Biography of Leslie Charteris. Born Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin in Singapore (then a British colony) on May 12, 1907, Leslie legally changed his name by deed-poll to Leslie Charteris in 1926. He died in Windsor, England on April 15, 1993 at age 85.
Leslie Charteris was one of the famous authors of Britain who used to write novels based on the Culinary, mystery and Thriller genres. He was born as Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin on May 12, 1907 in Singapore.
Simon Templar first appeared in a 1928 novel entitled Meet-The Tiger! written by 21 year old author Leslie Charteris. Charteris, born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, had wanted to be a writer since his formative years in Singapore.
