John Gardner
Writer, Author
1926 – 2007
Who was John Gardner?
John Edmund Gardner was an English spy and thriller novelist, best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also for his series of Boysie Oakes books and three continuation novels containing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional villain, Professor Moriarty.
Gardner, an ex-Royal Marine commando, worked for a period as an Anglican priest, but he lost his faith and left the church after a short time. After a battle with alcohol addiction he wrote his first book, the autobiographical Spin the Bottle, published in 1964.
Gardner went on to write over fifty works of fiction, including fourteen original James Bond novels, and the novel versions of two Bond films. He died from suspected heart failure on 3 August 2007.
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- Born
- Nov 20, 1926
Seaton Delaval - Parents
- Spouses
- Margaret Mercer
(1952 - 1997)
- Margaret Mercer
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Aug 3, 2007
Basingstoke
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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