Elleston Trevor | |
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Born | Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom | 17 February 1920
Died | 21 July 1995 Arizona, US | (aged 75)
Occupation(s) | British novelist and playwright - creator of Quiller |
Years active | 1943–1995 |
Elleston Trevor (17 February 1920[1] – 21 July 1995[2]) was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born Trevor Dudley-Smith, he eventually changed his name to Elleston Trevor.[citation needed] Trevor worked in many genres, but is principally remembered for his 1964 adventure story The Flight of the Phoenix, written as Elleston Trevor, and for a series of Cold War thrillers featuring the British secret agent Quiller, written under the pseudonym Adam Hall.[3]
In all, Trevor wrote over 100 books.[4]
He also wrote as Simon Rattray, Howard North, Roger Fitzalan, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith and Lesley Stone.