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Gregory Mcdonald (February 15, 1937 – September 7, 2008) was an American mystery writer whose most famous character is the comedy investigative reporter Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher.

Gregory Mcdonald
Born(1937-02-15)February 15, 1937
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 2008(2008-09-07) (aged 71)
Giles County, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
GenreMystery, Comedy
Notable worksFletch (series)
Flynn (series)
Website
www.gregorymcdonald.com

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 would go on to write nine more Fletch novels, including prequels Fletch Won, Fletch Too, and Fletch and the Widow Bradley. The original book became a 1985 movie of the same name starring Chevy Chase.


Early life


Mcdonald was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He was educated at Harvard, paying his own way by operating yachts.


Career


He worked as a teacher before becoming a journalist for the Boston Globe in the late 1960s. He left his newspaper position to become a novelist full-time with the publication of Fletch.


Fletch novels


In 1985, the first novel in the Fletch series was adapted into a movie with Chevy Chase playing the irreverent investigative reporter. Chase would reprise his role in the 1989 sequel Fletch Lives (based on the Fletch character, but not adapted from any Mcdonald novel). Though Mcdonald had never really seen Chevy Chase perform in anything substantial, he readily agreed to the casting of the actor in the role, and had nothing but praise for his performance.

In Confess, Fletch, Mcdonald also introduced his second signature protagonist, Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn, a brilliant but eccentric Boston Police homicide detective who served as a foil for Fletch. Flynn would go on to appear in four of his own spin-off novels. The Fletch series also spawned the Son of Fletch series, in which Mcdonald introduced the character of Jack Faoni, the illegitimate son of Irwin Maurice Fletcher. In addition, Mcdonald wrote two novels in the Skylar series and a number of non-series (and non-mystery) novels.


Personal life


In the mid-1980s, he moved to Pulaski, Tennessee.[1] There, he bought an antebellum farm and became involved in local politics, specifically anti-Klan work, since Pulaski was the birthplace of the KKK.[2] He died at his home from prostate cancer in 2008.[1] Besides his second wife, the former Cheryle Higgins, whom he married in 2001, Mcdonald was survived by a sister, two sons, three stepsons and grandchildren. His first marriage ended in divorce.


Bibliography



Irwin Maurice "Fletch" Fletcher series



Son of Fletch series



Francis Xavier Flynn series



Skylar series



Standalone novels



Other



Film adaptations



References


  1. Fox, Margalit (September 12, 2008). "Gregory Mcdonald, Novelist, Dies at 71". The New York Times. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Carlson, Michael (October 5, 2008). "Obituary: Gregory McDonald". The Guardian. Retrieved July 7, 2017.



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Грегори Макдональд (англ. Gregory Mcdonald; 15 февраля 1937 — 7 сентября 2008) — американский журналист и писатель. Известность получил за серию романов о журналисте Ирвине Морисе Флетчере по прозвищу «Флетч». В последующей экранизации его сыграл Чеви Чейз. Книжная серия про Флетча из 9 книг породила последующий цикл книг про «Флинна», а также про сына Флетча.



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