Driscoll, Peter, 1942-2005

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Name (Latin)
Driscoll, Peter, 1942-2005
Other forms of name
Driscoll, Peter, 1942-
Date of birth
1942-02-04
Date of death
2005-10-30
Occupation
Journalists
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 2-4-42
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 76314843
Wikidata: Q7173739
Library of congress: n 82001169
Sources of Information
  • Biography in context WWW site, viewed Feb. 26, 2018(Peter John Driscoll; Peter Driscoll; b. Feb. 4, 1942, London; writer; works include The white lie assignment (1971); contributor of book reviews to Irish newspapers and radio programs; Rand daily mail, Johannesburg, South Africa, reporter, 1959-67; Independent Television News, London, scriptwriter and sub-editor, 1969-72; writer, 1973- ; B.A., University of the Witwatersrand, 1967)
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 16, 2014(b. 2-4-42)
  • Internet movie database, viewed Feb. 26, 2018(Peter Driscoll; writer; b. Feb. 4, 1942, London; d. Oct. 30, 2005, Dublin; best-selling South African-born action and adventure novelist; formerly a reporter/journalist, educated in Johannesburg; latterly based in Ireland)
  • His The white lie assignment, 1972.

Wikipedia description:

Peter Driscoll (4 February 1942 – 30 October 2005) was a bestselling Irish author of international thrillers in the 1970s who first worked in South Africa then, in his later life, became Chief Radio News subeditor with Raidió Teilifís Éireann. He died of a heart attack.

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