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Leslie Charteris
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Novels↙19
Collections↙14
Scripts↙8
Translations↙1
Novellas↙11
Non-fiction↙2
Introduction↙1
References and footnotes

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.[1] Born in Singapore to a Chinese father, Suat Yin Chwan, and his English wife, Lydia (née Bowyer), Charteris travelled extensively with his family until beginning his education in England in 1919.[2][3] In 1925 he enrolled at King's College, Cambridge, but left after a year in order to become a writer;[4] to support himself, he worked as a goldminer, bartender, professional bridge player and temporary policeman. In October 1926 he changed his name by deed poll to Leslie Charles Bowyer Charteris-Ian, and professionally used the shorter version, Leslie Charteris.[1]

Charteris's first five novels were published by Ward Lock & Co; he also had a story The Red River published in their Windsor Magazine in May 1927. The first novel, X Esquire, which he later described as "an appallingly bad book", was published in 1927;[5] his second novel—The White Rider, published in 1928—is "overwritten and poorly constructed", according to his biographer Joan DelFattore.[5] In his third novel, Meet the Tiger (1928), he introduced the character of Simon Templar, a debonair gentleman crook who goes by the nom de guerre, The Saint.[6]

Charteris continued writing Saint books and the series gained in popularity because of its "mix of light humour, sophisticated settings, and story-line emphasising the role of a crusader tackling the forces of evil", which had "special appeal in the depression".[1] Charteris moved to the United States in 1932 and soon began writing screenplays, the first of which resulted in Midnight Club, released in 1933.[7][8]

In the June 1954 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Charteris published Fish Story.[9] According to the editors, it was written during (or inspired by) a leisure trip to Florida.

Charteris also worked on three books of non-fiction and an introduction to the 1980 re-issue of The Saint Meets the Tiger. The works consisted of a translation from Spanish to English of the autobiography of the bullfighter Juan Belmonte, a language guide to Spanish, and a guide to Paleneo, a wordless, pictorial sign language invented by Charteris.[10] He died in Windsor, Berkshire, in April 1993.[1]

Novels and story collections

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"You might have seen something of the Indian, too, in the intent lines of his tanned reckless face; but that would have been an easy illusion. The same lines would have fitted as naturally into the picture of a conquistador ... or of d'Artagnan mocking the courts of France: they were only the heraldry of a character that would have been the same in any age or place, the timeless brand of the born buccaneer."

Charteris's description of Simon Templar in The Saint Goes West.[11]
The books of Leslie Charteris
Title[12][13][14] Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher Simon Templar book? Format Ref.
X Esquire 1927 Ward Lock & Co, London Red XN Novel [15]
The White Rider 1928 Ward Lock & Co, London Red XN Novel [16]
Meet the Tiger 1928 Ward Lock & Co, London Green tickY Novel [17]
The Bandit 1929 Ward Lock & Co, London Red XN Novel [18]
Daredevil 1929 Ward Lock & Co, London Red XN[19] Novel [20]
Enter the Saint 1930 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Short story collection [21]
The Last Hero 1930 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [22]
Knight Templar 1930 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [23]
Featuring the Saint 1931 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [24]
Alias the Saint 1931 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [25]
She Was a Lady 1931 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [26]
The Holy Terror 1932 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [27]
Getaway 1932 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [28]
Once More the Saint 1933 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [29]
The Brighter Buccaneer 1933 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Short story collection [30]
The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal 1934 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [31]
Boodle 1934 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Short story collection [32]
The Saint Goes On 1934 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [33]
The Saint in New York 1935 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [34]
Saint Overboard 1936 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [35]
The Ace of Knaves 1937 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [36]
Thieves' Picnic 1937 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [37]
Prelude for War 1938 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novel [38]
Follow the Saint 1938 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novellas [39]
The Happy Highwayman 1939 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Short story collection [40]
The Saint in Miami 1940 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [41]
The Saint Goes West 1942 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [42]
The Saint Steps In 1942 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [43]
The Saint on Guard 1944 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novellas [44]
Lady on a Train 1945 Shaw Press, Los Angeles, CA Red XN Novelisation[a] [8]
The Saint Sees it Through 1946 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [45]
Call for the Saint 1948 Hodder & Stoughton, London Green tickY Novellas [46]
Saint Errant 1948 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [47]
The Saint in Europe 1953 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [48]
The Saint on the Spanish Main 1955 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [49]
The Saint Around the World 1956 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [50]
Thanks to the Saint 1957 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [51]
Señor Saint 1958 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [52]
The Saint to the Rescue 1959 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [53]
Trust the Saint 1962 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [54]
The Saint in the Sun 1963 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Short story collection [55]
Vendetta for the Saint[b] 1964 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [57]
The Saint in Pursuit[c] 1970 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [59]
The Saint and the People Importers[d] 1970 Doubleday, Garden City, NY Green tickY Novel [61]

Screenplays

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Roger Moore (left) played the television incarnation in The Saint.
The screenplays of Leslie Charteris
Title[62] Year Co-writer(s) Studio Ref.
Midnight Club 1933 Seton I. Miller Paramount Pictures [63]
The Saint's Double Trouble 1940 Ben Holmes RKO Radio Pictures [64]
The Saint's Vacation 1941 Jeffrey Dell RKO Radio Pictures [65]
The Saint in Palm Springs 1941 Jerome Cady RKO Radio Pictures [66]
Lady on a Train 1945 – Universal [67]
River Gang 1945 – Universal [68]
Two Smart People 1946 Ethel Hill Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [69]
Tarzan and the Huntress 1947 Jerry Gruskin, Rowland Leigh RKO Radio Pictures [70]

Non-fiction

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Juan Belmonte, whose autobiography Charteris translated into English in 1937
Other works of Charteris
Title Year of first
publication 		First edition publisher Category Notes Ref.
Juan Belmonte, Killer of Bulls: The Autobiography of a Matador 1937 Heinemann, London Autobiography Charteris undertook the translation from Spanish to English [8]
Spanish for Fun 1964 Hodder & Stoughton, London Language guide – [71]
Paleneo: A Universal Sign Language 1972 Hodder & Stoughton, London Sign language guide Paleneo, a wordless, pictorial sign language, was invented by Charteris [72]
The Saint Meets the Tiger 1980 Charter Communications, Indianapolis, IN Saint novel Introduction only [62]

Notes and references

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Notes

  1. ^ Novelisation of the film of the same name, for which Charteris also wrote the script.[8]
  2. ^ by Harry Harrison, Leslie Charteris.[56]
  3. ^ by Fleming Lee, Leslie Charteris; novelisation of a comic strip.[58]
  4. ^ by Fleming Lee, Leslie Charteris; novelisation of a television script.[60]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lycett 2004.
  2. ^ Lofts & Adley 1985, pp. 4–5.
  3. ^ "Dr. S. C. Yin (Son created 'The Saint') dies at 82". Singapore Free Press. 3 April 1958. p. 1.
  4. ^ Wright 1997, p. 76.
  5. ^ a b DelFattore 1989, p. 61.
  6. ^ Lofts & Adley 1985, p. 6.
  7. ^ DelFattore 1989, p. 62.
  8. ^ a b c d "Leslie Charteris". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 3 January 2014. (subscription required)
  9. ^ "Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1954". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ DelFattore 1989, p. 66–67.
  11. ^ Charteris 2013, p. 4.
  12. ^ DelFattore 1989, pp. 58–59.
  13. ^ Lofts & Adley 1985, pp. 11–12.
  14. ^ Wright 1997, pp. 47–50.
  15. ^ "X Esquire". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  16. ^ "The White Rider". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Meet the Tiger". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  18. ^ "The Bandit". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  19. ^ Although not considered a Saint book, this novel did introduce the character of Insp. Claude Eustace Teal, who became a recurring figure in the Saint series.
  20. ^ "Daredevil". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Enter the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  22. ^ "The Last Hero". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Knight Templar". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Featuring the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  25. ^ "Alias the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  26. ^ "She Was a Lady". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  27. ^ "Holy Terror". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  28. ^ "Getaway. A "Saint" novel". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  29. ^ "Once More the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  30. ^ "The Brighter Buccaneer. More "Saint" stories". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  31. ^ "Misfortunes of Mr. Teal". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  32. ^ "Boodle. Stories of "The Saint."". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  33. ^ "Saint Goes On". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  34. ^ "The Saint in New York". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  35. ^ "Saint Overboard". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  36. ^ "The Ace of Knaves". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  37. ^ "Thieves' Picnic". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  38. ^ "Prelude for War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  39. ^ "Follow the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  40. ^ "The Happy Highwayman". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  41. ^ "The Saint in Miami". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  42. ^ "The Saint Goes West". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  43. ^ "The Saint Steps In". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  44. ^ "The Saint on Guard". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  45. ^ "The Saint Sees it Through". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  46. ^ "Call for the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  47. ^ "Saint Errant". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  48. ^ "The Saint in Europe". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  49. ^ "The Saint on the Spanish Main". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  50. ^ "The Saint Around the World". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  51. ^ "Thanks to the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  52. ^ "The Señor Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  53. ^ The Saint to the Rescue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  54. ^ Trust the Saint. A Crime Club selection. Washington: Library of Congress. 1962. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  55. ^ "The Saint in the Sun". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  56. ^ Barer 2003, pp. 113–14.
  57. ^ "Vendetta for the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  58. ^ Barer 2003, p. 174.
  59. ^ The Saint in Pursuit. Washington: Library of Congress. 1970. Retrieved 10 June 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  60. ^ Barer 2003, pp. 176–77.
  61. ^ "The Saint and the People Importers". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  62. ^ a b DelFattore 1989, p. 60.
  63. ^ "Midnight Club". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  64. ^ "The Saint's Double Trouble". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  65. ^ "The Saint's Vacation". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  66. ^ "The Saint in Palm Springs". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  67. ^ "Lady on a Train". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  68. ^ "River Gang". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  69. ^ "Two Smart People". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  70. ^ "Tarzan and the Huntress". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  71. ^ Wright 1997, p. 86.
  72. ^ DelFattore 1989, p. 67.

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