Mcdonald, Gregory Christopher

Mcdonald, Gregory Christopher
▪ 2009

      American writer

born Feb. 15, 1937, Shrewsbury, Mass.

died Sept. 7, 2008, Pulaski, Tenn.
was celebrated for his series of fast-paced humorous mystery novels starring the iconoclastic investigator Irwin Fletcher; the first two books of the series, Fletch (1974) and Confess, Fletch (1976), won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award, and two movies were based on the character, Fletch (1985) and Fletch Lives (1989). Mcdonald produced 25 novels, including the 11-volume Fletch series and the 4 novels featuring police investigator Francis Xavier Flynn. After earning (1958) a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, Mcdonald held a variety of jobs and wrote his first book, Running Scared (1964; filmed 1972). In 1966–73 he was on the staff of the Boston Globe.

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