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List of works by Leslie Charteris

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]

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

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]

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.[9] He died in Windsor, Berkshire, in April 1993.[1]

Novels and story collections

"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.[10]

The books of Leslie Charteris
Title[11][12][13]Year of first
publication		First edition publisherSimon Templar book?FormatRef.
X Esquire1927Ward Lock & Co, London NNovel[14]
The White Rider1928Ward Lock & Co, London NNovel[15]
Meet the Tiger1928Ward Lock & Co, London YNovel[16]
The Bandit1929Ward Lock & Co, London NNovel[17]
Daredevil1929Ward Lock & Co, London N[18]Novel[19]
Enter the Saint1930Hodder & Stoughton, London YShort story collection[20]
Knight Templar1930Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[21]
The Last Hero1930Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[22]
Featuring the Saint1931Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[23]
Alias the Saint1931Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[24]
She Was a Lady1931Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[25]
The Holy Terror1932Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[26]
Getaway1932Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[27]
Once More the Saint1933Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[28]
The Brighter Buccaneer1933Hodder & Stoughton, London YShort story collection[29]
The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal1934Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[30]
Boodle1934Hodder & Stoughton, London YShort story collection[31]
The Saint Goes On1934Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[32]
The Saint in New York1935Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[33]
Saint Overboard1936Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[34]
The Ace of Knaves1937Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[35]
Thieves' Picnic1937Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[36]
Prelude for War1938Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovel[37]
Follow the Saint1938Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovellas[38]
The Happy Highwayman1939Hodder & Stoughton, London YShort story collection[39]
The Saint in Miami1940Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[40]
The Saint Goes West1942Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[41]
The Saint Steps In1942Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[42]
The Saint on Guard1944Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovellas[43]
Lady on a Train1945Shaw Press, Los Angeles, CA NNovelisation[a][8]
The Saint Sees it Through1946Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[44]
Call for the Saint1948Hodder & Stoughton, London YNovellas[45]
Saint Errant1948Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[46]
The Saint in Europe1953Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[47]
The Saint on the Spanish Main1955Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[48]
The Saint Around the World1956Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[49]
Thanks to the Saint1957Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[50]
Señor Saint1958Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[51]
The Saint to the Rescue1959Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[52]
Trust the Saint1962Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[53]
The Saint in the Sun1963Doubleday, Garden City, NY YShort story collection[54]
Vendetta for the Saint[b]1964Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[56]
The Saint in Pursuit[c]1970Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[58]
The Saint and the People Importers[d]1970Doubleday, Garden City, NY YNovel[60]

Screenplays

Roger Moore (left) played the television incarnation in The Saint.
The screenplays of Leslie Charteris
Title[61]YearCo-writer(s)StudioRef.
Midnight Club1933Seton I. MillerParamount Pictures[62]
The Saint's Double Trouble1940Ben HolmesRKO Radio Pictures[63]
The Saint's Vacation1941Jeffrey DellRKO Radio Pictures[64]
The Saint in Palm Springs1941Jerome CadyRKO Radio Pictures[65]
Lady on a Train1945–Universal[66]
River Gang1945–Universal[67]
Two Smart People1946Ethel HillMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer[68]
Tarzan and the Huntress1947Jerry Gruskin, Rowland LeighRKO Radio Pictures[69]

Non-fiction

Juan Belmonte, whose autobiography Charteris translated into English in 1937
Other works of Charteris
TitleYear of first
publication		First edition publisherCategoryNotesRef.
Juan Belmonte, Killer of Bulls: The Autobiography of a Matador1937Heinemann, LondonAutobiographyCharteris undertook the translation from Spanish to English[8]
Spanish for Fun1964Hodder & Stoughton, LondonLanguage guide–[70]
Paleneo: A Universal Sign Language1972Hodder & Stoughton, LondonSign language guidePaleneo, a wordless, pictorial sign language, was invented by Charteris[71]
The Saint Meets the Tiger1980Charter Communications, Indianapolis, INSaint novelIntroduction only[61]

Notes and references

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