Leslie Charteris
1907 – 1993
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. Leslie is famous as an author of adventure fiction and as a screenwriter. The most popular works of Leslie as an author are the novels chronicling around the adventures of the famous fictional character named Simon Templar or The Saint. Leslie was of the British-Chinese descent as his father was a Chinese citizen named Dr. S. C. Yin, while his mother, Lydia Florence Bowyer was from England. It was believed that his father was able to trace back his lineage to the emperors of the Shang Dynasty. Leslie became interested in writing novels from a very young age. He was so passionate about writing during his school days that he had created his own magazine with short stories, poems, articles, serials, comic strips and editorials. As a child, Leslie completed his school education from the Rossall School situated in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The first book written by him was accepted during the first year of his college studies in the King’s College at the Cambridge University. After that, he left his college studies for a full time career and never looked back.