List of works by Leslie Charteris

Leslie Charteris bibliography

Releases
↙Novels	19
↙Collections	14
↙Scripts	8
↙Translations	1
↙Novellas	11
↙Non-fiction	2
↙Introduction	1

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 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 publisher	Simon Templar book?	Format	Ref.
X Esquire	1927	Ward Lock & Co, London	N	Novel	[14]
The White Rider	1928	Ward Lock & Co, London	N	Novel	[15]
Meet the Tiger	1928	Ward Lock & Co, London		Novel	[16]
The Bandit	1929	Ward Lock & Co, London	N	Novel	[17]
Daredevil	1929	Ward Lock & Co, London	N	Novel	[18]
Enter the Saint	1930	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Short story collection	[19]
Knight Templar	1930	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[20]
The Last Hero	1930	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[21]
Featuring the Saint	1931	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[22]
Alias the Saint	1931	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[23]
She Was a Lady	1931	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[24]
The Holy Terror	1932	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[25]
Getaway	1932	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[26]
Once More the Saint	1933	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[27]
The Brighter Buccaneer	1933	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Short story collection	[28]
The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal	1934	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[29]
Boodle	1934	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Short story collection	[30]
The Saint Goes On	1934	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[31]
The Saint in New York	1935	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[32]
Saint Overboard	1936	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[33]
The Ace of Knaves	1937	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[34]
Thieves' Picnic	1937	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[35]
Prelude for War	1938	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novel	[36]
Follow the Saint	1938	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novellas	[37]
The Happy Highwayman	1939	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Short story collection	[38]
The Saint in Miami	1940	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[39]
The Saint Goes West	1942	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[40]
The Saint Steps In	1942	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[41]
The Saint on Guard	1944	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novellas	[42]
Lady on a Train	1945	Shaw Press, Los Angeles, CA	N	Novelisation[lower-alpha 1]	[8]
The Saint Sees it Through	1946	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[43]
Call for the Saint	1948	Hodder & Stoughton, London		Novellas	[44]
Saint Errant	1948	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[45]
The Saint in Europe	1953	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[46]
The Saint on the Spanish Main	1955	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[47]
The Saint Around the World	1956	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[48]
Thanks to the Saint	1957	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[49]
Señor Saint	1958	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[50]
The Saint to the Rescue	1959	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[51]
Trust the Saint	1962	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[52]
The Saint in the Sun	1963	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Short story collection	[53]
Vendetta for the Saint[lower-alpha 2]	1964	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[55]
The Saint in Pursuit[lower-alpha 3]	1970	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[57]
The Saint and the People Importers[lower-alpha 4]	1970	Doubleday, Garden City, NY		Novel	[59]

Screenplays

Roger Moore (left) played the television incarnation in The Saint.

The screenplays of Leslie Charteris

Title[60]	Year	Co-writer(s)	Studio	Ref.
Midnight Club	1933	Seton I. Miller	Paramount Pictures	[61]
The Saint's Double Trouble	1940	Ben Holmes	RKO Radio Pictures	[62]
The Saint's Vacation	1941	Jeffrey Dell	RKO Radio Pictures	[63]
The Saint in Palm Springs	1941	Jerome Cady	RKO Radio Pictures	[64]
Lady on a Train	1945	–	Universal	[65]
River Gang	1945	–	Universal	[66]
Two Smart People	1946	Ethel Hill	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	[67]
Tarzan and the Huntress	1947	Jerry Gruskin, Rowland Leigh	RKO Radio Pictures	[68]

Non-fiction

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	–	[69]
Paleneo: A Universal Sign Language	1972	Hodder & Stoughton, London	Sign language guide	Paleneo, a wordless, pictorial sign language, was invented by Charteris	[70]
The Saint Meets the Tiger	1980	Charter Communications, Indianapolis, IN	Saint novel	Introduction only	[60]

Notes and references

Notes

1. Novelisation of the film of the same name, for which Charteris also wrote the script.^[8]
2. by Harry Harrison, Leslie Charteris.^[54]
3. by Fleming Lee, Leslie Charteris; novelisation of a comic strip.^[56]
4. by Fleming Lee, Leslie Charteris; novelisation of a television script.^[58]

References

1. 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. DelFattore 1989, p. 61.
6. Lofts & Adley 1985, p. 6.
7. DelFattore 1989, p. 62.
8. "Leslie Charteris". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 3 January 2014. (subscription required)
9. DelFattore 1989, p. 66–67.
10. Charteris 2013, p. 4.
11. DelFattore 1989, pp. 58–59.
12. Lofts & Adley 1985, pp. 11–12.
13. Wright 1997, pp. 47–50.
14. "X Esquire". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
15. "The White Rider". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
16. "Meet the Tiger". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
17. "The Bandit". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
18. "Daredevil". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
19. "Enter the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
20. "Knight Templar". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
21. "The Last Hero". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
22. "Featuring the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
23. "Alias the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
24. "She Was a Lady". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
25. "Holy Terror". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
26. "Getaway. A "Saint" novel". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
27. "Once More the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
28. "The Brighter Buccaneer. More "Saint" stories". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
29. "Misfortunes of Mr. Teal". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
30. "Boodle. Stories of "The Saint."". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
31. "Saint Goes On". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
32. "The Saint in New York". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
33. "Saint Overboard". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
34. "The Ace of Knaves". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
35. "Thieves' Picnic". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
36. "Prelude for War". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
37. "Follow the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
38. "The Happy Highwayman". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
39. "The Saint in Miami". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
40. "The Saint Goes West". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
41. "The Saint Steps In". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
42. "The Saint on Guard". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
43. "The Saint Sees it Through". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
44. "Call for the Saint". British Library Catalogue. London: British Library. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
45. "Saint Errant". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
46. "The Saint in Europe". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
47. "The Saint on the Spanish Main". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
48. "The Saint Around the World". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
49. "Thanks to the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
50. "The Señor Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
51. "The Saint to the Rescue". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
52. "Trust the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
53. "The Saint in the Sun". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
54. Barer 2003, pp. 113–14.
55. "Vendetta for the Saint". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
56. Barer 2003, p. 174.
57. "The Saint in Pursuit". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
58. Barer 2003, pp. 176–77.
59. "The Saint and the People Importers". Library of Congress Catalogue. Washington: Library of Congress. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
60. DelFattore 1989, p. 60.
61. "Midnight Club". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
62. "The Saint's Double Trouble". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
63. "The Saint's Vacation". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
64. "The Saint in Palm Springs". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
65. "Lady on a Train". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
66. "River Gang". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
67. "Two Smart People". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
68. "Tarzan and the Huntress". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
69. Wright 1997, p. 86.
70. DelFattore 1989, p. 67.

Sources

• Barer, Burl (2003). The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar, 1928–1992. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1680-6.
• Charteris, Leslie (2013) [1928]. The Saint Goes West. London: Mulholland Books. ISBN 978-1-4447-6630-1.
• DelFattore, Joan (1989). "Leslie Charteris". In Benstock, Bernard; Staley, Thomas. British Mystery Writers, 1920–39. Detroit: Gale Research. ISBN 978-0-8103-4555-3.
• Lofts, W.O.G.; Adley, Derek (April 1985). "The 'Saint' Stories of Leslie Charteris". The Book and Magazine Collector. Diamond Publishing Group (14).
• Lycett, Andrew (2004). "Ian, Leslie Charles Bowyer Charteris (1907–1993)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/51562. Retrieved 20 January 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
• Wright, Norman (June 1997). "Leslie Charteris's 'The Saint'". The Book and Magazine Collector. Diamond Publishing Group (159). UPC 977-0-95286-006-9.

External links

• Works by Leslie Charteris at Open Library