Brian Freemantle

3/5

Biography

Aka John Maxwell, Jonathan Evans, Jack Winchester, Harry Asher and Richard Gant.Brian Freemantle [b. 1936] is one of Britain's most acclaimed authors of spy fiction. His novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Born in Southampton, Freemantle entered his career as a journalist, and began writing espionage thrillers in the late 1960s. Charlie M (1977) introduced the world to Charlie Muffin and won Freemantle international recognition—he would go on to publish fourteen titles in the series. Freemantle has written dozens of other novels, including two featuring Sebastian Holmes, an illegitimate son of Sherlock Holmes, and the Cowley and Danilov series, about an American FBI agent and a Russian militia detective who work together to comabt organized crime in the post-Cold War world. Freemantle lives and works in London, Englad.

  • Primary profession
  • Editor·music_department·editorial_department
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 10 June 1936
  • Place of birth
  • Southampton
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

Books

Trivia

British novelist, author of over a dozen mystery / detective / espionage novels with series character Charlie Muffin; he also writes under the pseudonyms Jonathan Evans and Jack Winchester.

Comments