Biography
Patrick Alexander (1926 β 1997 or 2003) was a British novelist, thriller writer, journalist and screenwriter.
His novel Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal won the Crime Writers' Association "John Creasey Memorial Award" and was filmed in 1981 as Le Professionnel starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Stephen Hunter admits that Alexander's novel inspired his own novel Dead Zero and questions where the inspiration ends and the theft of Alexander's idea begins.Alexander was a chess fanatic; people in his novels often share his enthusiasm for the game. Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal features a "considerable description of a tournament" that chess player Stewart Reuben had organised.
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1926-01-01
Deathday1997-01-01 (71 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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