Gregory Mcdonald

Gregory Mcdonald (1937-2008) was an American novelist and former Boston Globe reporter, born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He is best known for the Fletch series of comic mystery novels, beginning with Fletch (1974), which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel; Confess, Fletch later won the Edgar for Best Paperback Original. He also wrote the Flynn series, the Skylar books and several standalone novels.