Gregory Mcdonald
Gregory Mcdonald | |
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| Born | Gregory Burke Christopher Mcdonald February 15, 1937 |
| Died | September 7, 2008 (aged 71) Giles County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Mystery, Comedy |
| Notable works | Fletch (series) Flynn (series) |
| Website | |
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Gregory Burke Christopher Mcdonald (February 15, 1937 – September 7, 2008) was an American novelist best known for his mystery adventures featuring investigative reporter Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher.
Two of the Fletch books earned Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America: Fletch was named Best First Novel in 1975, and Confess, Fletch won for Best Paperback Original in 1977. This is the only time a novel and its sequel won back-to-back Edgars. Mcdonald went on to write seven more novels in the Fletch series, as well as spinoffs and other standalone novels. The original novel became a feature film of the same name starring Chevy Chase and released in 1985. Chase reprised the role in a second feature film, Fletch Lives (1989), which was not written by Mcdonald.