Peter O'Donnell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter O'Donnell

British writer

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1920

Place of Birth: Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-May-2010

Profession: screenwriter, writer, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter.
He was also an award-winning gothic historical romance novelist who wrote under the female pseudonym Madeleine Brent, in 1978, his novel Merlin's Keep won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.